Eigil Knutsen

Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.

Egil Knutsen
Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
Assumed office
21 October 2021
First DeputyTina Bru
Second DeputyKari Elisabeth Kaski
Preceded byMudassar Kapur
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyHordaland
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017
ConstituencyHordaland
Personal details
Born (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988
Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Bergen

Early life

Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund, Rogaland.[1][2]

Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.[2]

Career

From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen City Councillor Harald Schjelderup.[1]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017.[2]

Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election. He was re-elected in 2021. He also became the chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.[2] He also became the party's financial spokesperson.[3]

Personal life

Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.[4]

References
  1. Tvedt, Knut Are (25 October 2017). "Eigil Knutsen". Store norske leksikon. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. "Eigil Knutsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. "DN erfarer: Eigil Knutsen (Ap) blir leder av finanskomiteen på Stortinget" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. Linda Hilland (7 February 2015). "Eigil Knutsen overtok som leder i Arbeiderpartiet i Bergen etter Marte Mjøs Persen" [Eigil Knutsen took over as leader of the Labour Party in Bergen after Marte Mjøs Persen]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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