Eli Arnstad

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Eli Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant, sports official and politician for the Centre Party.

Early life and career[]

She was born in Stjørdal as a daughter of accountant and farmer Arne Arnstad (1932–1980) and nurse Aasta Arnstad, née Auran (1938–).[1] She is a twin sister of the prominent politician Marit Arnstad and mother of Ada Arnstad.[2]

Having graduated from high school in 1981, she first studied at until 1983. She is educated business administrator from the Nord-Trøndelag University College, having graduated as cand.mag. in 1999. She also minored in public law in 1986 and political science in 1989.[1]

She became involved in politics in the early 1980s. She chaired the regional party chapter of the Centre Youth from 1982 to 1985. She then became involved in the , presiding over that organization from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992 she worked in the civil service of Trollhättan Municipality in Sweden.[1]

Political career[]

Arnstad was an elected member of Nord-Trøndelag county council from 1983 to 1991. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. From 1985 to 1986 and 1989 to 1990 she moved up as a regular representative, filling in for Johan J. Jakobsen who was appointed to two different cabinets, first Willoch's Second Cabinet and then Syse's Cabinet. In total she met during 1 year and 313 days of parliamentary session.[1]

Having stepped down from a political career, she has held a number of positions as a civil servant. She was the director of Stiklestad Centre of Culture from 1999 to 2000 and chief executive officer of Enova from 2001 to 2007. She also became a supervisory council member of Sparebanken Midt-Norge in 2005 and board member at Posten Norge in 2006. In 2010 she was elected as the leader of Trøndelag District Association for football,[1] and in 2014 she became a board member of the Football Association of Norway. She represents the club IL Fram.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eli Arnstad" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ Olsen, Solveig Ruud Olav. "Ada (26) ville ikke røpe etternavnet sitt da hun begynte i politikken". Aftenposten. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. ^ "Hallén gjenvalgt som fotballpresident" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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