Maren Grøthe

Maren Grøthe (born 14 July 2001) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as a member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag since 2025. A member of the Centre Party, she was the youngest person elected as a representative in the Storting.

Political career Melhus In 2019, she became a member of the Melhus municipal council, where she is native to as she comes from Hølonda.

Parliament She was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Sør-Trøndelag for the period 2021–2025, for the Centre Party, and deputised for Ola Borten Moe while he was government minister. She was announced as the first candidate for the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election in 2024 for Sør-Trøndelag. She stated that the issues she wanted to address were giving equal opportunities to people across regions, tightening the drug policy, and gaining more control over Norwegian natural resources.

In the Storting, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education and Research from 2021 to 2023. She later worked as a political advisor to the Minister of Children and Family Affairs, Kjersti Toppe, when she was still minister from 2023 to 2025.

Personal life She lives in Trondheim with her boyfriend and has an apartment in Oslo, which she commutes to. She has stated that she likes hiking in the mountains and partying outside of politics.