Audun Otterstad
Norwegian politician
Audun Otterstad (born 14 June 1991) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He hails from Skaun Municipality. He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag in 2013. As Trond Giske from Sør-Trøndelag was a member of the outgoing Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Otterstad met as a regular representative during the two weeks before the cabinet change.
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Why this record matters
The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as norwegian politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16190969. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1991 and 2013.
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