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Linda Hofstad Helleland

Politician

Linda Hofstad Helleland 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	Linda C. Hofstad Helleland · Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland · Linda Hofstad Helleland · Линда Хеллеланд · Лінда Катеріне Гофстад Геллеланд · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Helleland, Linda C. Hofstad · Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland · Linda Hofstad Helleland · Лінда Катеріне Гофстад Геллеланд · 린다 카트리네 호프스타 헬렐란 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1977-08-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Klæbu				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Norway				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Cathrine · Linda · Linda C. Hofstad · Linda Hofstad				[sources]
Last name	Helleland				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party of Norway · Høyre				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6514654				[sources]
Position	Minister of Children and Families (2018-2019) · Minister of Culture (2015-2018) · Minister of Regional Development and Digitalisation of Norway (2020-2021) · Storting (member, 2009-2013) · Storting (member, 2013-2017) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Norwegian University of Science and Technology				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-09	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Norwegian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Culture	2015-12-16	2018-01-17

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Trond Helleland Politician	spouse	2006	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,744

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,661

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Norway Members of the Storting254

Current and recent members of the Norwegian Storting, the national legislature.

Norway · Stortinget

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,319

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,216

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8fde542f-bc95-46e9-bc26-e7ca6a7b09bf · no-storting-0fb7716860a7eb275122dcae30d0f97e1da8de73

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