Turid Birkeland

Turid Birkeland (born 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture 1996-1997. Today she is festival manager for the Risør Chamber Music Festival, and since June 2006 she has also been running Café Solsiden in the same town. She has also worked in television, hosting several shows for channels TVNorge and the short-lived TV+.^[1]

References

^ "Birkeland, Turid ( 1962- )" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=TBI. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

Preceded by Åse Kleveland	Norwegian Minister of Culture 1996–1997	Succeeded by Anne Enger Lahnstein
Preceded by Jens Stoltenberg	Chairman of Workers' Youth League 1989–1992	Succeeded by Trond Giske

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Name	Birkeland, Turid
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Date of birth	1962
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