Trygve Slagsvold Vedum

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Trygve Slagsvold Vedum

MP
Trygve S Vedum kandidater Sp, stortingsvalget 2013.jpg
Leader of the Centre Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 April 2014
First DeputyOla Borten Moe
Second DeputyAnne Beathe Tvinnereim
Preceded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office
18 June 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byLars Peder Brekk
Succeeded bySylvi Listhaug
Parliamentary Leader of the Centre Party
In office
1 October 2009 – 18 June 2012
LeaderLiv Signe Navarsete
Preceded byRune J. Skjælaaen
Succeeded byLars Peder Brekk
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2005
ConstituencyHedmark
Personal details
Born
Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum

(1978-12-01) 1 December 1978 (age 42)
Hamar, Hedmark, Norway
Political partyCentre
Spouse(s)Cathrine Wergeland
Children2
Alma materHedmark University College
University of Oslo

Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He is an MP for Hedmark since 2005, leader of the Centre Party since 2014, and he served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2012 to 2013, all of which he achieved before the age of 36.

Early life[]

Vedum was born in Hamar as a son of Trond Vidar Vedum, a lecturer in biology at Hedmark University College, and teacher Karen Sigrid Slagsvold. After finishing the lower secondary school in Romedal in 1994 he entered the three-year upper secondary education in natural resources management, with two years at Jønsberg and one year at . Following graduation, he studied sciences at Hedmark University College, before enrolling at the University of Oslo in 1999 where he received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2002.[1]

Political career[]

Early career[]

He chaired the Centre Youth from 2002 to 2004, at the time also serving as central board member of the Centre Party. He was elected to Hedmark county council in 1999, serving until 2005. From 2004 to 2005 he also worked as an organizational adviser in the Centre Party.

Parliament[]

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Hedmark in 2005 and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. Vedum started out in the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration, then changed to the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services in 2008. In October 2008 he became deputy leader here, and also Second Deputy President of the Odelsting as well as party whip. He was also a member of the Electoral Committee from 2005 to 2012, and from 2009 to 2012 the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.[1]

Minister of Agriculture and Food[]

On 18 June 2012, Vedum was appointed to the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet to serve as Minister of Agriculture and Food. He lost his job after the cabinet fell following the 2013 election. He returned to Parliament, where he took a seat in the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.[1]

Party leader[]

In 2009 he became second deputy leader of the Centre Party, then party leader in 2014. At the time, he was the youngest ever Centre Party leader.[1][2]

Vedum led the party into the 2017 election, with the partying becoming a clear winner of the election with 10,3 percent of the vote. The party received their best results since the 1993 election. Despite this, there was no change of government. Vedum himself said one had to look back to the 1990s during the EU debate and the glory days of Per Borten’s premiership to find equally good results.[3]

After a lot of speculation, the party convention announced in June 2021 that Vedum would be the party’s prime minister candidate for the 2021 election.[4]

Other[]

Vedum has also been a deputy board member of (1999–2000) and a board member of (2005–2007), Nei til EU (2005–2007), (2006–) and (2007–2009).[1]

Personal life[]

He is the son of teacher and children’s author Trond Vidar Vedum (1946–) and teacher Karen Sigrid Slagsvold (1949–). He is married to Cathrine Wergeland and has two children.[5] He is also known as a skilled dancer.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Trygve Slagsvold Vedum" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ "Trygve Slagsvold Vedum er tidenes yngste Sp-leder" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Vedum: – Dette er en strålende kveld for Senterpartiet!" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Statsministerkandidaten som alltid smiler" (in Norwegian). NRK. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Babylykke for Sp-Trygve" (in Norwegian). VG. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Sp-Trygve avvist av fru Obama" (in Norwegian). VG. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Danse-Trygve vil finne takten med bøndene" (in Norwegian). 18 June 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
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