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Lotte Grepp Knutsen

Norwegian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 14, 2021
Entity authorityQ4994354 ↗
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Lotte Grepp Knutsen (born 10 September 1973) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

In March 2008 she was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. She was promoted to State Secretary after one year. In October 2009 she changed ministry to the Ministry of Culture where she worked throughout the year. She had another spell as State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services from December 2011 to April 2012. She also served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 2009–2013.

She is a great-granddaughter of Kyrre and Rachel Grepp.

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The public source identifies “Lotte Grepp Knutsen” as norwegian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lotte, Grepp and Knutsen.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 2008, 2009, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-09-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lotte, Grepp and Knutsen providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 14, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q4994354. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lotte Grepp Knutsen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.