Sylvia Brustad
Brustad in 2009
Governor of Hedmark
Acting
1 January 2010 – 16 October 2013
MonarchHarald V
Preceded byTormod W. Karlstrøm (acting)
Succeeded bySigbjørn Johnsen
Minister of Fisheries
Acting
2 October 2009 – 20 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byHelga Pedersen
Succeeded byLisbeth Berg-Hansen
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
20 June 2008 – 20 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byDag Terje Andersen
Succeeded byTrond Giske
Minister of Health and Care Services
In office
17 October 2005 – 20 June 2008
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAnsgar Gabrielsen
Succeeded byBjarne Håkon Hansen
Minister of Local Government
In office
17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byOdd Roger Enoksen
Succeeded byErna Solberg
Minister of Children and Families
In office
25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime MinisterThorbjørn Jagland
Preceded byGrete Berget
Succeeded byValgerd Svarstad Haugland
Minister of Labour and Administration
Acting
25 October 1996 – 15 November 1996
Prime MinisterThorbjørn Jagland
Preceded byNils Olav Totland
Succeeded byTerje Rød-Larsen
Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 1989 – 30 September 2009
DeputyGrethe G. Fossum
Erling Brandsnes
Ivar Skulstad
ConstituencyHedmark
Personal details
Born (1966-12-19) 19 December 1966 (age 57)
Elverum, Hedmark, Norway
Political partyLabour

Sylvia Brustad (born 19 December 1966, in Elverum) is a former Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Education

Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the folk high school in Ringsaker until 1985. She then worked as a journalist, among other publications she worked for LO-aktuelt, the news publication of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

Political career

Parliament

Brustad was elected to a county council seat in Hedmark following the local elections of 1987. In the 1989 election, she was elected to a seat in the Norwegian Parliament and left county politics.

Government

In cabinet Jagland which held office between 1996 and 1997, she was Minister for Children and Family Affairs. She was later Minister for Local Government and Regional Development in the first cabinet Stoltenberg between 2000 and 2001. Following the electoral victory of the 2005 elections, Brustad became Minister of Health and Care Services in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She was moved to the post of Minister of Trade and Industry in June 2008 and left the government in October 2009.

Brustad became known for her role as Minister for Child and Family Affairs in 1996 when a law restricting the opening hours of shops on Sundays, holidays and after nine in the evening was passed. Only stores smaller than 100 square metres were allowed to remain open, such shops were somewhat disparagingly nicknamed "Brustadbuer" ("Brustad shacks"), until the law was quietly repealed in 2003.[1] Brustad herself claimed that she had not personally advocated the law, but that she was required to follow through on a decision within the Labour Party.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sylvia Brustad.
  1. ^ Ingen har merket at Brustadbua forsvant (Nobody noticed that the Brustadbu disappeared, onlinmagasinet.no, published 11 June 2003
  2. ^ Brustad angrer "Brustad-bua" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (Brustad regrets the Brustadbua) Aftenposten 15 July 2002
Political offices Preceded byNils Olav Totland Norwegian Minister of Administration (acting) October 1996–November 1996 Succeeded byTerje Rød-Larsen Preceded byGrete Berget Norwegian Minister of Children and Families 1996–1997 Succeeded byValgerd Svarstad Haugland Preceded byOdd Roger Enoksen Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 2000–2001 Succeeded byErna Solberg Preceded byAnsgar Gabrielsen Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services 2005–2008 Succeeded byBjarne Håkon Hanssen Preceded byDag Terje Andersen Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry 2008–2009 Succeeded byTrond Giske Preceded byHelga Pedersen Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs 2009–2009 Succeeded byLisbeth Berg-Hansen Civic offices Preceded byTormod W. Karlstrøm (acting) County Governor of Hedmark (acting) 2010–2013 Succeeded bySigbjørn Johnsen
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