Ingrid Fiskaa

Ingrid Fiskaa
State Secretary for Environment and International Development
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Personal details
Born	16 April 1977 Norway
Political party	Socialist Left Party

Ingrid Fiskaa (born 16 April 1977) is a Norwegian activist and politician for the Socialist Left Party.

She was the leader of the Socialist Youth from 2002 to 2004, and also a central committee member of the Socialist Left Party.^[1] In 2007 she was a candidate to become deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party, but lost out to Bård Vegar Solhjell at the national convention.^[2] She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland during the terms 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2009–2013. In November 2009, as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Fiskaa was appointed State Secretary for Erik Solheim in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

Fiskaa became a board member of Attac Norway in 2004, and leader of the anti-war organization Fredsinitiativet ('The Peace Initiative') in 2005.^[3] She stepped down from Fredsinitiativet in 2008.^[4] She has been suggested by peace activist Fredrik Heffermehl as a new member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.^[5]

She hails from Bryne,^[3] and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Stavanger.^[6] In 2009 she graduated with a master's degree in history from the University of Oslo.^[7]

References

1. "Ingrid Fiskaa" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
2. "Solhjell vant kampen om nestledervervet" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 March 2007.
3. "Fakta om Ingrid Fiskaa" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 February 2007.
4. Horn, Anders; Sjøli, Hans Petter (9 February 2008). "– Backet ikke opp lederen". Klassekampen (in Norwegian).
5. Dahl, Miriam Stackpole (10 October 2008). "Fredspriskuppet". Ny Tid (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 December 2008.
6. Roux, Torunn Egge (26 November 2009). "Utvikling handler om makt, ikke veldedighet". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 10.
7. "Statsmakta og Lofthusreisinga : styresmaktene si handtering av allmugereisinga i Nedenes og Bratsberg 1786-87. Fiskaa, Ingrid" (in Norwegian). DUO, University of Oslo. Retrieved 10 April 2013.