Sigrid Hjørnegård is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party

Centre Party (Norway)

The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...

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She finished her secondary education in Ås

Ås

Ås is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås...

 in 1984, and graduated from Mære Agricultural School in 1986 and the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1990. She worked part-time as a research assistant

Research assistant

A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...

 from 1990 to 1992. She was a board member of Norges Bygdeungdomslag from 1986 to 1988, and leader from 1990 to 1992.

From 1988 to 1990 she was a board member of the Norwegian Children and Youth Council. She worked for the Norwegian Agrarian Association

Norwegian Agrarian Association

The Norwegian Agrarian Association is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers.It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion about agricultural...

 locally in Akershus from 1992 to 1996, and nationally as information director from 1996 to 2005. In the Agrarian Association she was a supervisory council member from 1987 to 1988 and board member from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1993 she was a deputy board member of Nei til EU

Nei til EU

Nei til EU is the main Norwegian interest group opposing a future Norwegian accession to the European Union . It began informally in 1988 and became a full organization in 1990.-Criticism:...

, and chaired the 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...

 branch of the organization. Since 1997 she has been a deputy board member of the Norwegian College of Agriculture/Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a public university located in Ås, Norway.It is located at Ås in Akershus, near Oslo, and has around 3800 students...

, and since 2004 she is a board member of Landbrukets Utredningskontor.

She has been a member of Ås municipal council. In 2005, when Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet assumed office, she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Foods is a Norwegian ministry established on February 17, 1900, and is responsible for agriculture, forestry and food in Norway. It is led by Minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk...

. She was a political adviser in Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe...

 from 2008 to 2009, and State Secretary

State Secretary (Norway)

In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister...

in the same ministry from 2009 to 2011.