Charlotte Spurkeland

Charlotte Spurkeland (born 12 August 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She has been a deputy member of parliament for Hordaland since 2021, having previously done so from 2013 to 2017. She has also been the Bergen city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity since 2023.

Parliament
She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 2013–2017. In total she met during 150 days of parliamentary session. She was re-elected at the 2021 election and deputised for prime minister Erna Solberg in the last two weeks of her premiership.

Local politics
Hailing from Bergen, she has been a member of Bergen city council and worked her dayjob for the Conservative caucus in the council.

She was acting Bergen city commissioner for schools and kindergartens from 20 October to 31 December 2014.

Following the 2023 local elections, she was appointed city commissioner for child services, social services and diversity. She was appointed city commissioner for finance following Eivind Nævdal-Bolstad's resignation in late May 2024, holding the position until late June, when Jacob Mæhle was appointed as his permanent successor.

Youth politics
She has chaired the Conservative Students in Norway and is a central board member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. She has also been involved in student politics at the University of Bergen, where she has studied law. Internationally she was the Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union from 2014 to 2015 and has been a co-chair for the permanent working group on Policies for Europe in the European Democrat Students.