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Marthe Scharning Lund

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Marthe Scharning Lund
Oslo City Commissioner for Health
In office
9 February 2023 – 25 October 2023
Governing Mayor
Raymond Johansen
Preceded byRobert Steen
Succeeded bySaliba Andreas Korkunc
Oslo City Commissioner for Business and Ownership
In office
28 February 2019 – 23 October 2019
Governing Mayor
Raymond Johansen
Preceded byKjetil Lund
Succeeded byVictoria Marie Evensen
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyOslo
In office
1 October 1997 – 30 September 2005
ConstituencyTelemark
Personal details
Born (1976-07-05) 5 July 1976 (age 49)
Skien, Telemark, Norway
PartyLabour

Marthe Scharning Lund (born 5 July 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Political career

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Parliament

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She served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Telemark from 1997 to 2005. Following the 2005 election, she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Children and Families, serving in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. She later served as a deputy representative from Oslo during the terms 2017–2021. In total she met for 256 days of parliamentary session.[1]

She was also a political adviser in the Labour Party parliamentary group.

Local politics

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In the city government of Oslo, Lund became chief of staff for Raymond Johansen, later to serve briefly as City Commissioner of Business and Ownership from February to October 2019.[2][3][4]

In 2021, her successor Victoria Marie Evensen named Lund to chair the board of Oslo Port Authority.[5][6]

On 9 February, she was appointed Oslo City Commissioner for Health, succeeding Robert Steen.[7] Following the 2023 local elections, she was succeeded by Saliba Andreas Korkunc.[8]

After Raymond Johansen was appointed secretary-general for Norwegian People's Aid, Lund became the group leader for the Oslo Labour Party in the Oslo City Council.[9]

Personal life

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She hails from Skien.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Marthe Scharning Lund" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ "Byråd Kjetil Lund utnevnt til vassdrags- og energidirektør". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Ny byråd i Oslo" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Stor-Oslo. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Her er det nye byrådet i Oslo: MDG får finansbyråden" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Marthe Scharning Lund ny byråd i Oslo". VG (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. ^ Linstad, Arnsten (9 January 2021). "PR-rådgiver og tidligere Ap-byråd Marthe Scharning Lund ny styreleder for mektige Oslo Havn". Vårt Oslo (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Endringer i Oslo-politikken: Robert Steen ferdig som helsebyråd". NRK Oslo og Viken (in Norwegian). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Her er Oslos nye byråd" (in Norwegian). NRK Oslo og Viken. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Oslos nye Ap-topp: – En mørkeblå plattform" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  10. ^ Lilleås, Heidi Schei (28 February 2019). "Marthe (42) fikk toppjobben i Oslo". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2022.