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Ingvild Kjerkol
Ingvild Kjerkol (born 18 May 1975) is a Norwegian politician. A member of Labour Party, she was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024, she served as minister of health and care services.
In early spring 2024, Kjerjol was accused of plagiarizing and fabricating parts of her master's thesis, leading to calls for her resignation. On Wednesday 10 April 2024, Nord University revoked her master's degree in leadership in the healthcare sector, and in a Friday press conference the prime minister announced her dismissal from her position.
Kjerkol was born in Stjørdal Municipality on 18 May 1975, and is a daughter of psychologist Ole Meier Kjerkol and nurse Bodil Johanne Kjerkol. She studied psychology and informatics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and at the Sør-Trøndelag University College. She is married to Rune Øyan, with whom she has three children.
Kjerkol was a member or the municipal council of Stjørdal Municipality from 1995 to 2011. She was a member of the Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality from 2003 to 2013, and chaired the county cabinet from 2011 to 2013.
In August 2020, she was elected leader of the Trøndelag Labour Party, with Amund Hellesø and Eva Kristin Hansen as deputy leaders. She announced in January 2025 that she wouldn't seek re-election to the position at the county party convention in March and was succeeded by Hellesø.
She was a deptuty representative to the Storting from the constituency of Nord-Trøndelag for the periods 2005–2009 and 2009–2013, for the Labour Party. She was elected ordinary representative to the Storting in 2013, where she was member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications from 2013 to 2015, and the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services from 2015 to 2017. She was also a member of the Election Committee from 2013 to 2017, and of the Preparatory Credentials Committee in 2017. From 2016 to 2017 she was a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.
She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, and was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services during the whole period, as well of the Election Committee and the Credentials Committee. She was again re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025. Following her departure as minister in April 2024, she was elected chair of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.
She had sought re-election for the 2025 election, but lost renomination to former Lierne Municipality mayor Bente Estil at the county chapter nomination convention in November 2024.
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Ingvild Kjerkol
Ingvild Kjerkol (born 18 May 1975) is a Norwegian politician. A member of Labour Party, she was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024, she served as minister of health and care services.
In early spring 2024, Kjerjol was accused of plagiarizing and fabricating parts of her master's thesis, leading to calls for her resignation. On Wednesday 10 April 2024, Nord University revoked her master's degree in leadership in the healthcare sector, and in a Friday press conference the prime minister announced her dismissal from her position.
Kjerkol was born in Stjørdal Municipality on 18 May 1975, and is a daughter of psychologist Ole Meier Kjerkol and nurse Bodil Johanne Kjerkol. She studied psychology and informatics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and at the Sør-Trøndelag University College. She is married to Rune Øyan, with whom she has three children.
Kjerkol was a member or the municipal council of Stjørdal Municipality from 1995 to 2011. She was a member of the Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality from 2003 to 2013, and chaired the county cabinet from 2011 to 2013.
In August 2020, she was elected leader of the Trøndelag Labour Party, with Amund Hellesø and Eva Kristin Hansen as deputy leaders. She announced in January 2025 that she wouldn't seek re-election to the position at the county party convention in March and was succeeded by Hellesø.
She was a deptuty representative to the Storting from the constituency of Nord-Trøndelag for the periods 2005–2009 and 2009–2013, for the Labour Party. She was elected ordinary representative to the Storting in 2013, where she was member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications from 2013 to 2015, and the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services from 2015 to 2017. She was also a member of the Election Committee from 2013 to 2017, and of the Preparatory Credentials Committee in 2017. From 2016 to 2017 she was a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.
She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, and was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services during the whole period, as well of the Election Committee and the Credentials Committee. She was again re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025. Following her departure as minister in April 2024, she was elected chair of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.
She had sought re-election for the 2025 election, but lost renomination to former Lierne Municipality mayor Bente Estil at the county chapter nomination convention in November 2024.
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