Hanne Blåfjelldal


Hanne Maren Blåfjelldal is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. She has been state secretatary for Sylvi Listhaug in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food since October 2013.
Blåfjelldal hails from Sør-Aurdal in Valdres. She was a member of the county council of Oppland 2003-2007 and 2011-2012 and a member of the municipal council of Sør-Aurdal 2007-2010.
She worked as a political consultant on educational and church affairs for the Progress Party's parliamentary group 2003-2007. She served as deputy leader of the Progress Party's Youth 2008-2010 and was a member of the Executive Board of the Progress Party 2011-2013. She was first deputy member to the Parliament of Norway for the Progress Party from Oppland 2009-2013.
In 2007, she obtained a Master's degree in Human geography at the University of Oslo. She undertook one year of study in pedagogy in 2010. She was manager for an educational project in Vågå municipality 2010-2012 and worked as a teacher in Høyanger 2012-2013.