Runar Sjåstad

Runar Sjåstad (born 28 August 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He currently serves as a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2017 and was previously a deputy member between 2001 and 2017. He also served as county mayor of Finnmark between 2007 and 2017.

Political career Parliament He served as a deputy representative from Finnmark between 2001 and 2017, having been re-elected in 2005, 2009 and 2013. He was elected as a regular representative from Finnmark in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021.

In parliament, he served as Secretary to the Storting Presidency between 2017 and 2021. He concurrently sat on the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment. Currently he sits on the Preparatory Credentials Committee and sat on the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs between 2021 and 2023. From 2023 he sits on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry. He was re-elected in 2011 and 2015. He resigned in 2017 when he was elected to parliament and was succeeded by his deputy, Ragnhild Vassvik Kalstad.

Personal life Sjåstad is married and has three children. He and his family reside in Vadsø Municipality.