Heidi Nordby Lunde

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates |date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Heidi Nordby Lunde

| image = Heidi Nordby Lunde (183239).jpg

| caption = Heidi Nordby Lunde at an event marking Wikipedia's first 15 years

| office= Leader of the Oslo Conservatives

| term_start= 27 January 2018

| term_end= 22 January 2022

| deputy = Eirik Lae Solberg

| predecessor= Nikolai Astrup

| successor= Morten Steenstrup

| office2= Member of the Storting

| term_start2= 16 October 2013

| constituency2=Oslo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|2|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| nationality = Norwegian

| occupation = Politician

| party = Conservative
Progress (until 1994)

}}

Heidi Nordby Lunde (born 3 February 1973) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A deputy representative to the Storting, she met regularly from 2013, and has been ordinary member of the Storting since 2017.

Political career

=Parliament=

Lunde was elected as deputy to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in 2013. She met as deputy for Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, and was member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She was elected ordinary representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021, and was member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs during this period. She was re-elected to the Storting for the period 2021–2025, and a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2021.{{cite web |url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=HENL | title=Lunde, Heidi Nordby ( 1973- ) | date=9 March 2008 |publisher= Stortinget.no. |access-date=2 November 2013 |language=no }}

=Leader of the Oslo Conservative Party=

She served as the leader of the Oslo Conservatives from 2018 to 2022, with Eirik Lae Solberg as deputy leader.{{cite web | url = https://www.oslohoyre.no/oslohoyre/ny-ledelse-i-oslo-hoyre/ | title = Ny ledelse i Oslo Høyre | publisher = Oslo Høyre | date = 27 January 2018 | access-date = 2018-01-31 | language = no | archive-date = 31 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023236/https://www.oslohoyre.no/oslohoyre/ny-ledelse-i-oslo-hoyre/ | url-status = dead }} The duo were re-elected in 2020.{{cite web | url = https://www.vartoslo.no/anita-leirvik-north-anne-h-rygg-arnsten-linstad/heidi-nordby-lunde-gjenvalgt-som-leder-av-oslo-hoyre/113404 | title = Heidi Nordby Lunde gjenvalgt som leder av Oslo Høyre | publisher = Vårt Oslo | date = 25 January 2020 | access-date = 1 January 2024 | language = no}}

On 27 October 2021, Lunde announced that she would not be seeking re-election as leader of the Oslo Conservatives. She cited that the local chapter needed "new blood" to lead them into the 2023 local elections.{{cite news| url= https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/i/Bjw03w/heidi-nordby-lunde-oslo-hoeyre-fortjener-en-leder-som-kan-ha-fullt-f | title= Heidi Nordby Lunde: – Oslo Høyre fortjener en leder som kan ha fullt fokus |newspaper= Aftenposten | date= 27 October 2021 | access-date = 1 November 2021 | language = no}} Morten Steenstrup was designated her successor in December 2021 and officially succeeded her on 22 January 2022.{{cite news| url= https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/nWVeKo/han-har-lang-erfaring-som-konfliktloeser-naa-innstilles-morten-steenstr | title = Han har lang erfaring som konfliktløser. Nå innstilles Morten Steenstrup (68) som leder i Oslo Høyre |newspaper= Aftenposten | date= 1 December 2021 | access-date = 5 December 2021 | language = no}}{{cite news| url = https://www.ao.no/dette-er-oslo-hoyres-nye-leder/s/5-128-249171 | title = Dette er Oslo Høyres nye leder |newspaper= Avisa Oslo | date = 22 January 2022 | access-date = 1 January 2024 | language = no}}

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