Prime Minister Erna Solberg Name Tine Sundtoft Preceded by Bard Vegar Solhjell Role Civil servant | Succeeded by Vidar Helgesen Party Conservative Party | |
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Born 19 April 1967 (age 57)
Lillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway ( 1967-04-19 ) Alma mater BI Norwegian Business School Education BI Norwegian Business School | ||
Political party Conservative Party | ||
Kristine "Tine" Sundtoft (born 19 April 1967) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Conservative party. She was Minister of Climate and the Environment in Solberg's Cabinet from October 2013 to December 2015.
She was born in Lillesand as a daughter of county mayor Kristian Sundtoft and traffic teacher Barbro Rønnevig Sundtoft. After finishing secondary school at Møglestu in 1985 and attending Agder District University College for one year, Sundtoft graduated with a degree in business administration from the BI Norwegian Business School in 1990.
She was regional director of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise in Agder 1995–2005 and was the first woman to serve as chief administrative officer in Vest-Agder County Municipality from 2005 until she became minister.
She was general secretary of Norwegian Young Conservatives from 1990–1992, political advisor for the Conservative Party in Parliament, and served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Aust-Agder from 1989 to 1993. In total she met during 2 days of parliamentary session.
