32 Facts About Sandra Borch

Sandra Konstance Nygard Borch was born on 23 April 1988 and is a Norwegian politician who served as the minister of research and higher education from 2023 to 2024 until her resignation over the extensive plagiarism in her master's thesis.

Sandra Borch previously served as minister of agriculture and food from 2021 to 2023.

Sandra Borch announced her resignation in the evening of 19 January 2024.

Sandra Borch received the grade D in the ECTS grading scale.

Sandra Borch was leader of the Troms branch of the Centre Youth from 2007 to 2009, before she became a member of the Centre Youth's central board.

Sandra Borch then served as the international relations leader from 2009 to 2010, and organisational deputy leader from 2010 to 2011.

The background was that Sandra Borch had the same day opened for Ola Borten Moe as a possible future leader of the Centre Party.

Sandra Borch notably took a stand against cyber bullying after she experienced it herself surrounding her height.

Sandra Borch further expressed that cyber bullying had become a big and widespread problem in society, and called for it to be put on the agenda.

In September 2013, Sandra Borch announced that she would not seek re-election as leader, despite having previously indicated that she wanted to.

Sandra Borch cited her reason being that she disagreed with the mother party's business policies.

Sandra Borch notably pointed to the budget priority in the state budget that didn't let of any costs to deal with its problems.

Sandra Borch further stated: "But we must keep in mind that there are many farmers out there who experience great financial insecurity because they have not been invested in the last eight years".

Sandra Borch mentioned that she was in "good dialog" with the companies, but said that they had to set better prices on food they get from farmers.

In January 2022, with the agricultural settlement negotiations looming, farmers's organisations asked Sandra Borch to take the initiative to start additional negotiations.

Sandra Borch rejected the proposal, reasoning that additional negotiations had already taken place, and that they had then agreed to return to increased expenses in the agricultural settlement come spring.

Sandra Borch noted that the consequences for consumers would be the prices.

Sandra Borch opened for that the government and state would take a larger share of the bill for the food - instead of collecting it through increased prices to consumers.

Sandra Borch toured farms in Southern Norway to hear farmers' needs in preparations for the agricultural settlement that would start in week 17.

Sandra Borch expressed that the settlement negotiations "my most important exam", and went on to say that the government would be contributing to economic safety for farmers.

Sandra Borch called the settlement "important" and emphasised that it had been important for the government to start a raise of farmers' income, stating: "This signal is important to give to regain optimism in the industry and to make the industry believe that the government wants to invest in them".

Sandra Borch emphasised that customers shouldn't pay everything themselves and that the giants had an important responsibility at present.

Sandra Borch further stated that there would be difficult times ahead, noting that the crisis can take much time for individual ministers.

Sandra Borch expressed that it wasn't the government's ambition to nullify NOAH's funding, and added that they were prioritising other member organisations.

Sandra Borch expressed that the case was an area dispute and furthermore that such issues are difficult to solve.

Sandra Borch expressed that her ministry has good dialogue with the reindeer industry after visiting Fosen herself.

Sandra Borch admitted to the slip up, while a state secretary was dispatched to retrieve her passport back in Oslo.

Sandra Borch was scheduled to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for its 15th anniversary celebration.

Sandra Borch was appointed minister of research and higher education in August 2023 following Ola Borten Moe's resignation in the wake of a weapons stock scandal.

In January, Sandra Borch announced that the Ministry of Education would appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court of Norway in the case of a student's reuse of their own text, referred to as "self-plagiarism", after the student had won a lawsuit against the government in Borgarting Court of Appeal in December 2023.

In 2025, a verdict of the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission, sided with Sandra Borch; She had earlier filed a complaint with the commission, in regard to NRK's claim that Sandra Borch did not qualify as being "Sami enough", to vote in Sami parliamentary elections; Nordkalottfolket filed a complaint against NRK.

News outlets that have had articles supporting Sandra Borch's continued voting rights, include iFinnmark.