Elise Bjørnebekk-Waagen

Elise Bjørnebekk-Waagen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
After serving as a deputy representative during the term 2013–2017, she was elected representative from the constituency of Østfold to the Storting for the period 2017-2021. She was re-elected for the period 2021-2025. In 2021 she became second deputy leader of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs
Bjørnebekk-Waagen was among the survivors from the Utøya massacre in 2011, where she was shot in the knee. She was a member of Sarpsborg municipal council from 2015 to 2019.