Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

The Standing Committee on Education and Church Affairs (Norwegian: Kirke, utdannings- og forskningskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to education, research and church affairs. It corresponds to the Ministry of Education and Research and the church affairs section of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs.^[1] The committee has 15 members and is chaired by Trond Giske of the Labour Party.^[2]

Members 2013–2017

The committee is chaired by Trond Giske

Representative	Party	Position
Giske, TrondTrond Giske	Labour	Chair
Nybø, IselinIselin Nybø	Liberal	First deputy chair
Wøien, Anne TingelstadAnne Tingelstad Wøien	Centre	Second deputy chair
Asheim, HenrikHenrik Asheim	Conservative
Benestad, Norunn TveitenNorunn Tveiten Benestad	Conservative
Bjørnstad, Sivert HaugenSivert Haugen Bjørnstad	Progress
Bjørnø, Christian TynningChristian Tynning Bjørnø	Labour
Fylkesnes, Torgeir KnagTorgeir Knag Fylkesnes	Socialist Left
Gudmundsen, KentKent Gudmundsen	Conservative
Henriksen, MartinMartin Henriksen	Labour
Sønsterud, Tone MereteTone Merete Sønsterud	Labour
Thorsen, BenteBente Thorsen	Progress
Tyvand, AndersAnders Tyvand	Christian Democratic
Vinje, KristinKristin Vinje	Conservative
Aasen, MarianneMarianne Aasen	Labour

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

Standing committees	Business and Industry Education, Research and Church Affairs Energy and the Environment Family and Cultural Affairs Finance and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs and Defence Health and Care Services Justice Labour and Social Affairs Local Government and Public Administration Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Transport and Communications

Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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