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Sveinung Stensland

PEP · Politician

Sveinung Stensland is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Sveinung Stensland · سڤينونج ستينسلاند · 史威宁·斯坦斯兰				[sources]
Alias	Stensland, Sveinung				[sources]
Birth date	1972-11-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Haugesund Municipality				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Sveinung				[sources]
Last name	Stensland				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party of Norway · Høyre				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15613939				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Storting (member, 2017-) · deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (2013-2017) · member of the Parliament of Norway (2013-2017) · member of the Parliament of Norway (2017-2021) · member of the Parliament of Norway (2021-2025)				[sources]
Education	FHS/Sjefskurs (2024-2024) · University of Oslo				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Norwegian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Karl Johan Stensland Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Parliament of Norway	2017-10-01	2021-09-30

Data sources

Norway Members of the Storting254

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Norway · Stortinget

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,539

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,364

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata343,861

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,386

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: no-storting-5f869e35d9d96b8d4e627e764e166ee12236573c · evpo-0028a23a-fb5d-44dc-b6e1-ab4bc58bc33f

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