Roy Steffensen
{{short description|Norwegian politician}}
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| office = Member of the Storting
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| constituency = Rogaland
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| party = Progress
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Roy Steffensen (born 10 September 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He has served as a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013.
Political career
=Parliament=
Steffensen was elected to the Storting, Norway's parliament, at the 2013 election. He has been re-elected since.
In parliament, he sat on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications between 2013 and 2015. He then sat on the Standing Committee on Finance between 2015 and 2017. That same year he became chair of the Standing Committee on Education and Research, a position he held until 2021. He returned to the Standing Committee on Finance in 2021.{{cite web |url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=ROYS | title=Steffensen, Roy ( 1980- ) |publisher= Stortinget.no. |access-date= 2013-11-02 |language=no }}
In January 2024, both he and fellow parliamentarian Terje Halleland announced that they wouldn't seek re-election at the 2025 election.{{cite web | url = https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/O8vy5k/stortingsduo-takker-nei-til-gjenvalg-toppkandidat-vil-ikke-holde-paa-hemmeligheten-lenger | title = Stortingsduo takker nei til gjenvalg: Toppkandidat vil ikke holde på hemmeligheten lenger | publisher = Stavanger Aftenblad | date = 2024-01-19 | access-date = 2024-01-19 | language = no | archive-date = 19 January 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240119150118/https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/O8vy5k/stortingsduo-takker-nei-til-gjenvalg-toppkandidat-vil-ikke-holde-paa-hemmeligheten-lenger | url-status = live }}
Personal life
Steffensen is married to Hayley Anita Henriksen.{{cite web | url = https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/O87zQl/borgli-om-forhandlingene-jeg-holdt-sylvi-oppdatert-naermest-fra-time-til-time | title = Borgli om forhandlingene: – Jeg holdt Sylvi oppdatert nærmest fra time til time | publisher = Stavanger Aftenblad | date = 2023-09-18 | access-date = 2023-09-18 | language = no}}
References
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{{Stortinget 2013-2017}}
{{Stortinget 2017–2021}}
{{Stortinget 2021–2025}}
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Category:Progress Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Members of the Storting 2013–2017
Category:Members of the Storting 2017–2021
Category:Members of the Storting 2021–2025
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