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Torhild Bransdal (10 April 1956 – 28 September 2022) was a Norwegian politician. She served as mayor of Vennesla from 1999 to 2017, and was the female mayor in Norway who had been in office for the longest time. She was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Christian Democratic Party.




Political career






= Local politics

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Bransdal was a member of the municipal council of Vennesla from 1991 to 2019. She was the mayor of Vennesla municipality from 1999 to 2017. She thus became the female mayor in Norway who had been in office for the longest time.




= Parliament

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Bransdal was elected deputy representative to the Storting for the periods 2009–2013 and 2013–2017 from the constituency of Vest-Agder. She was elected ordinary representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, representing the Christian Democratic Party.
In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration from 2017 to 2021, and also a delegate to the Nordic Council during the same period.




Death


Torhild Bransdal died at the Hospital of Southern Norway on 28 September 2022, after suffering from cancer for an extended period.




References

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• Torhild Bransdal
• Nordic Council
• 1956 in Norway
• Deaths in September 2022
• Vennesla
• 2022 in Norway
• List of members of the Storting, 2017–2021
• Vest-Agder (Storting constituency)
• Linda Hofstad Helleland