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Lene Vågslid

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Lene Vågslid
Vågslid in March 2025
Minister of Children and Families
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 February 2025
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byKjersti Toppe
Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Labour Party
In office
23 March 2022 – 4 February 2025
LeaderRigmor Aasrud
Preceded byTerje Aasland
Succeeded byIngvild Kjerkol
Tuva Moflag
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2013
DeputyTone E. Berge Hansen
Konstanse Marie Alvær
ConstituencyTelemark
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
ConstituencyTelemark
Personal details
Born (1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 39)
Tokke, Telemark, Norway
PartyLabour
Domestic partnerArild Grande
Children1
OccupationTeacher

Lene Vågslid (born 17 March 1986) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party. She has served as a member of the Parliament of Norway for Telemark since 2013 after having served as a deputy representative between 2009 and 2013.[1][2] She has served as the minister of children and families since 2025.

Political career

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Parliament

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Vågsild was elected as a deputy member from Telemark in 2009 and held the position until 2013, when she was elected as a regular representative. She has been re-elected since.[1]

In parliament, she sat on the Standing Committee on Justice between 2013 and 2017 before leading it from 2017 to 2021. She then joined the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration in 2021, which she led until her ministerial appointment in February 2025.[1]

On 23 March 2022, she and Åsmund Grøver Aukrust were appointed new deputy parliamentary leaders in the aftermath of Terje Aasland's appointment to the government.[3] When she and Åsmund Grøver Aukrust were appointed to government, the party chose Ingvild Kjerkol and Tuva Moflag as their successors.[4]

While serving in government from February 2025, Tone E. Berge Hansen deputised in her place until September of the same year. From October 2025, Konstanse Marie Alvær has deputised for her.[1]

Minister of Children and Families

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Following the Centre Party's withdrawal from government, she was appointed minister of children and families on 4 February 2025.[5]

2025

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A week after assuming office, criticism was levelled against NRK presenter Fredrik Solvang when he questioned how Vågslid in a recent Debatten episode, could manage her personal life due to having abstained from participating in the programme before becoming minister. Former culture minister Anette Trettebergstuen and Christian Democratic Party deputy leader Ida Lindtveit Røse argued that the editorial team was enforcing stereotypes with the question and Solvang argued that the question wasn't intended to criticise Vågslid's capability to be minister. Vågslid herself stated that she hadn't taken offence by the question.[6]

Following revelations of children in child care institutions getting access to drugs, Vågslid announced in April that the government would be looking to allow institutional staff to search children's phones as a measure to establish boundaries for their freedom of movement in institutions. Furthermore, hospitals would receive the responsibility to take care of drug addicted children under the age of eighteen, rather than the child welfare service.[7]

In late May, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Vågslid announced that the government would be putting forward a law proposal that would seek to lower the age limit for social media to 15. There would however be an exception for video games, communication services utilised in relation to school and services utilised for purchases. Both also conceded that enforcing the law would be challenging as the proposal would be sent out on hearing for feedback.[8]

Verdens Gang revealed that more than 828 children had been moved out of the country while their families were investigated by the Child Welfare Services in the last three years, and at least 72 had been abducted before the Child Welfare Services could take custody of them. Vågslid stated in September that the government would aim for improved national statistics over moves and the same would go for Bufdir.[9]

After a commission specialising in Child Welfare institutional reform presented their report, the Conservative Party called for the abolishment of the current system of the child welfare services. Vågslid expressed that she was open to reform the structure of the child welfare services if it would lead to an improved service.[10]

Personal life

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She hails from Tokke.[2] She is currently in a domestic partnership with Arild Grande, with whom she has one daughter.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lene Vågslid" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ a b Camilla Wernersen (12 September 2013): De unge på Stortinget NRK. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "DN erfarer: Åsmund Aukrust og Lene Vågslid får toppverv for Ap på Stortinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Dagens Næringsliv. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ Skiphamn, Silje Sjursen (5 February 2025). "Kjerkol får ny rolle på Stortinget. Se endringene i Aps gruppe her" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Altinget. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ^ Skårdalsmo, Kristian; Rønning, Mats; Tomter, Line; Hjetland, Geir Bjarte; Grasmo, Julie (4 February 2025). "Nye statsråder: Stenseng inn i regjering – Skjæran får toppjobb på Stortinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  6. ^ Barka, Even Hye T.; Skovrand, Maren (11 February 2025). "Fredrik Solvang grillet i «Debatten»: – Skjønner nesten ikke hva hun klager på" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Nettavisen. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  7. ^ Bjørke, Christian Nicolai; Mikalsen, Kaja Staude (3 April 2025). "Barneministeren vil la ansatte på institusjoner sjekke barnas mobiler" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Østfold. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  8. ^ Ertesvåg, Frank; Skålevik, Gabriel Aas; Røsvik, Eirik (29 May 2025). "Regjeringen i nytt lovforslag: Aldersgrense på 15 år i sosiale medier" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  9. ^ Norman, Mona Grivi; Kingsrød, Marie Golimo; Espevik, Hanna (6 September 2025). "Barneministeren lover flere endringer etter VG-avsløring" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ^ Drægni, Ingvill (11 November 2025). "Vil skrote dagens barnevern" (in Norwegian Bokmål). TV 2. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Lene Vågslid har blitt mamma" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Varden. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
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