Maria Aasen-Svensrud

Maria-Karine Aasen-Svensrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
She was elected representative to the Storting from Vestfold for the period 2017-2021, and re-elected in 2021.

Early and personal life

Aasen-Svensrud was born in Horten on 22 February 1980, a daughter of farmer Carl-Henrik Aasen and Guri Mette Pedersen. She studied sociology and social sciences at the Vestfold University College and the University of Stavanger.

Political career

Aasen-Svensrud was elected to the municipal council of Horten from 2011 to 2019, and was a deputy representative to the Storting from 2013 to 2017. She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Vestfold for the period 2017-2021 for the Labour Party. In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Justice from 2017 to 2021. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025, when she was a member of Standing Committee on Justice from 2021 to 2024, and of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2024 to 2025.