Marthe Scharning Lund (born 5 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Marthe Scharning Lund
Oslo City Commissioner for Health
In office
9 February 2023 – 25 October 2023
Governing MayorRaymond Johansen
Preceded byRobert Steen
Succeeded bySaliba Andreas Korkunc
Oslo City Commissioner for Business and Ownership
In office
28 February 2019 – 23 October 2019
Governing MayorRaymond Johansen
Preceded byKjetil Lund
Succeeded byVictoria Marie Evensen
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyOslo
In office
1 October 1997 – 30 September 2005
ConstituencyTelemark
Personal details
Born (1976-07-05) 5 July 1976 (age 47)
Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political partyLabour

Political career edit

Parliament edit

She served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Telemark from 1997 to 2005. Following the 2005 election, she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Children and Families, serving in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. She later served as a deputy representative from Oslo during the terms 2017–2021. In total she met for 256 days of parliamentary session.[1]

She was also a political adviser in the Labour Party parliamentary group.

Local politics edit

In the city government of Oslo, Lund became chief of staff for Raymond Johansen, later to serve briefly as City Commissioner of Business and Ownership from February to October 2019.

In 2021, her successor Victoria Marie Evensen named Lund to chair the board of Oslo Port Authority.[2][3]

On 9 February, she was appointed Oslo City Commissioner for Health, succeeding Robert Steen.[4] Following the 2023 local elections, she was succeeded by Saliba Andreas Korkunc.[5]

After Raymond Johansen was appointed secretary-general for Norwegian People's Aid, Lund became the group leader for the Oslo Labour Party in the Oslo City Council.[6]

Personal life edit

She hails from Skien.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Marthe Scharning Lund" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ "Marthe Scharning Lund ny byråd i Oslo". VG (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ Linstad, Arnsten (9 January 2021). "PR-rådgiver og tidligere Ap-byråd Marthe Scharning Lund ny styreleder for mektige Oslo Havn". Vårt Oslo (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Endringer i Oslo-politikken: Robert Steen ferdig som helsebyråd". NRK Oslo og Viken (in Norwegian). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Her er Oslos nye byråd" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Oslos nye Ap-topp: – En mørkeblå plattform" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. ^ Lilleås, Heidi Schei (28 February 2019). "Marthe (42) fikk toppjobben i Oslo". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner of Business and Ownership
2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner of Health
2023
Succeeded by
Saliba Andreas Korkunc