Øystein Kåre Djupedal (born 5 May 1960) is a Norwegian politician.

Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal. He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV), and was a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat from the 1993 election until 2009. For two years, from 2005 to 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research.[1] He is also former deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party. From 2008 until 2015 he was the County Governor of Aust-Agder, although Svein Åril was the acting governor for him from 2008 until 2009 when he finished his Parliamentary term.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Stoltenberg's second government succeeds Bondevik's government". Regjeringen.no. 2005-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. ^ "Norwegian Counties". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  3. ^ "Djupedal, Øystein (1960-)". Stortinget.no. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 2020-11-11.


Government offices
Preceded by
Svein Åril
(Acting governor)
 County Governor of Aust-Agder
2009–2015 		Office abolished