15 Facts About Guro Fjellanger

Guro Fjellanger was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

Guro Fjellanger served as Minister of the Environment in the first cabinet Bondevik from 1997 to 2000.

Guro Fjellanger was a private consultant and a board member of several government agencies and organisations, and a member of two government-appointed commissions.

Guro Fjellanger grew up in Stokmarknes and graduated high school in 1984.

Guro Fjellanger later earned a degree in history from the University of Oslo in 1990.

In 1985, Guro Fjellanger was appointed as secretary of the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party.

In 1994 Guro Fjellanger became a member of the central committee of the Liberal Party.

Guro Fjellanger served as her party's information director in 1995, and was vice president of the party from 1996 to 2000.

Guro Fjellanger left the cabinet when the Bondevik's government lost a vote of confidence in March 2000.

Guro Fjellanger was a member of the board of the Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers from 1996 to 1997, and was chair of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research and Ecolabelling Norway from 2004.

Guro Fjellanger was a board member of the Norwegian Consumer Council and the Oslo University Hospital from 2011.

Guro Fjellanger was President of the Forum for Women and Development and a member of the city council of Oslo from 2007 to 2015.

Guro Fjellanger was a member of two government-appointed commissions on the regulation of medical research and protection against discrimination of the disabled.

Guro Fjellanger was born with spina bifida, a dysfunction of the spinal cord which inhibits normal walking.

Guro Fjellanger learned to walk to a certain degree, she later used a wheelchair exclusively.