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Irene Heng Lauvsnes (born 17 April 1968) is a Norwegian engineer specialising in aqua culture, and politician for the Conservative Party. She has served as mayor of Strand since 2015 and a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland since 2021.

Political career

Local politics

She has been a member of the Strand municipal council since 2011 and was elected as the first female mayor of Strand in 2015. She was re-elected in 2019 and 2023. The Conservatives with her at the helm, held the mayoralty since she became mayor, while the Christian Democrats held the deputy mayoralty. However, this changed when her second deputy mayor, Bjørn Aril Veland, changed his party allegiance to the Conservatives in 2022 prior to becoming acting mayor in a brief absence for Lauvsnes. Despite his change of parties, Veland stayed on as deputy mayor until the end of the term.

Parliament

Lauvsnes was elected as a deputy representative to the Storting from Rogaland for the term 2021–2025. She briefly deputised for Tina Bru who was an outgoing member of Solberg's Cabinet between 1 and 14 October 2021.

Civic career

Prior to becoming mayor, she was a sales director in the fish feed company Skretting. She has also been deputy leader of the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund.

She is an aqua culture engineer by education.

References

1. "Lauvsnes fortsetter som ordfører: Ny storkoalisjon skal styre Strand" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Stavanger Aftenblad. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. "Nå er ordfører og ny varaordfører på plass i Strand" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Stavanger Aftenblad. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
3. "Bjørn Aril fortsetter som varaordfører selv om han har meldt seg ut av partiet han ble valgt inn for" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Strandbuen. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
4. "Irene Heng Lauvsnes" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. Jøssang, Tor Inge (14 September 2015). "Høyre størst i Strand". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
6. Berge, Aslak (16 September 2015). "Skretting-profil tar ordførervervet". iLaks (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
7. "IRENE HENG LAUVSNES Board Member". Lyse konsern. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

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