Julie Christiansen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

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She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1989–1993, 1993–1997 and 1997–2001.

On the local level, Christiansen was a member of Oppegård

Oppegård

Oppegård is a village and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kolbotn. The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from the municipality of Nesodden on 1 July 1915...

 municipality council from 1987 to 1995.

She graduated from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

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 as cand.mag.

Cand.mag.

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 in 1994 and cand.polit.

Cand.polit.

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 in 2007. She was a research fellow at the Norwegian Atlantic Committee from 1995 to 1997 and at NUPI

NUPI

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 from 2006 to 2007. A strong European Union

European Union

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 proponent, she was the deputy leader of the Norwegian European Movement

European Movement

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branch from 1999 to 2001.