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Truls Wickholm

b. 1978

Norwegian politician

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Born 1978. Truls Wickholm is a Norwegian politician.

Truls Aronsen Wickholm (born 15 October 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy member of parliament for Oslo between 2005 and 2017 and later served as mayor of Nesodden between 2017 and 2021, when he became state secretary to minister of labour and social inclusion Hadia Tajik, a position he held until March 2022.

Political career Parliament He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Oslo between 2005 and 2017. He deputised for prime minister Jens Stoltenberg between 2005 and 2009, and then for foreign minister and later health minister Jonas Gahr Støre between 2009 and 2013. He deputised for Stoltenberg in October 2013 until the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet left office. He did so again between June and September 2014 when Stoltenberg became Secretary-General of NATO.

During his time in parliament, Wickholm sat on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications between 2005 and 2009. He then joined the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs between 2009 and 2013. He also sat on the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs between June and September 2014. He was elected to a term in his own right following the 2019 local elections. He resigned in 2021 when he was appointed state secretary to labour and social inclusion minister Hadia Tajik. He was succeeded by Cathrine Kjenner Forsland.

Civic career Following Tajik's resignation, Wickholm joined the PR company Zynk as a senior advisor in May 2022. He later left Zynk and became director of energy at Samfunnsbedriftene in January 2023.

Personal life He is the son of KÃ¥re Wickholm and Bente Aronsen, an administrative leader and senior advisor respectively.

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Deputy member of the Parliament of Norway, Mayor of Nesodden, Member of the Parliament of Norway, State Secretary
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Truls Aronsen Wickholm

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Norwegian politician

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Truls Wickholm was born on 15 October 1978 in Oslo.

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Truls Wickholm is a politician.

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Truls Wickholm is Norwegian.

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· Wikipedia: Truls Wickholm

· Wikidata: Q4589905

· DBpedia: Truls Wickholm

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