Eigil Knutsen

Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.

Egil Knutsen
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyStorting
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017
ConstituencyHordaland
Personal details
Born (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988
Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Bergen

Early life

Eigil Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund, Rogaland.[1][2]

Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.[2]

Career

From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen City Councillor Harald Schjelderup.[1]

Parliament

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013–2017.[2]

Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election.[2]

Personal life

Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.[3]

References
  1. Tvedt, Knut Are (25 October 2017). "Eigil Knutsen". Store norske leksikon. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. "Eigil Knutsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. Linda Hilland (7 February 2015). "Eigil Knutsen overtok som leder i Arbeiderpartiet i Bergen etter Marte Mjøs Persen" [Eigil Knutsen took over as leader of the Labour Party in Bergen after Marte Mjøs Persen]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.


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