Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen (born 23 February 1966) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who is a member of the Storting for Akershus since 2013 and served as the President of the Storting from 2018 to 2021.
Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Trøen in 2018 | |
| President of the Storting | |
| In office 15 March 2018 – 30 September 2021 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Olemic Thommessen |
| Succeeded by | Eva Kristin Hansen |
| Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 30 January 2018 – 15 March 2018 | |
| Leader | Trond Helleland |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Astrup |
| Succeeded by | Svein Harberg |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1966 Bærum, Akershus, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Ove Trøen |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Oslo Metropolitan University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Nurse |
Personal life
editBorn in Bærum on 23 February 1966, Trøen is a daughter of factory manager John Willy Wilhelmsen and secretary Anne-Marie Christiansen.[1] She is married to Ove Trøen, together they have one son.[2][3]
Political career
editParliament
editFirst elected from Akershus in 2013, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services in her first term as member of parliament. Trøen was reelected in 2017 and appointed to the Election Committee and also as chair of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs.[1]
After the Solberg cabinet's defeat in the 2021 election, Trøen became the chair of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services.[4]
President of the Storting
editFollowing Olemic Thommessen's resignation as President of the Storting, she became the Conservative Party's candidate to replace him as President on 14 March 2018. She was formally elected as the day after.[5] She is the second woman to have served as President of the Storting, the first being Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl of the Labour Party, who served from 1993 until 2001.[6]
In March 2021, the Storting was the victim of a cyber attack. Trøen called it "an attack on our democracy" and noted that the attack had the potential to disturb parliamentary processes.[7]
In September, after several media revelations of MPs misusing parliamentary commuter homes and the severance pay scheme, Trøen announced that the Storting presidency would be looking into the matter. A revelation of the former later lead to the resignation of minister of children and families Kjell Ingolf Ropstad.[8] A few days later, it was also revealed that Trøen herself also had misused her parliamentary commuter home by allowing her son to utilise it as a student dormitory. She argued that nothing in the rules prohibited the home for such usage.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Trøen, Tone Wilhelmsen (1966-)". Stortinget.no. (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Stortingspresidenten er gift med fetteren til hotelleier – medvirket i promovideo" (in Norwegian). Agderposten. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "– Ta aldri demokratiet for gitt" (in Norwegian). Forsvarets forum. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Tina Bru blir Høyres finanspolitiske talsperson" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Wallenius, Hege. "Tone Trøen er Stortingets nye president". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Tone Trøen blir ny stortingspresident". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Stortinget utsatt for IT-angrep: «Et angrep på vårt demokrati»" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Stortingets presidentskap går gjennom ordninger etter medieavsløringer" (in Norwegian). E24. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Stortingets ekspresident lot voksen sønn bo i pendlerboligen i flere år" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
