Kari Nessa Nordtun

Kari Nessa Nordtun (born 7 June 1986) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. She currently serves as minister of education since 2023 and mayor of Stavanger from 2019 to 2023. Political career Local politics and mayoralty Nordtun was elected to the Stavanger Municipal Council in 2011. She became mayor following the 2019 local elections, in which the Labour Party secured a majority with the Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, Green Party and People's Action No to More Road Tolls. Alongside Nordtun, the Centre Party's Dagny Sunnanå Hausken became deputy mayor. Both formally stepped into their roles on 21 October 2019. Nordtun sought re-election in the 2023 local elections, but ultimately her coalition lost to the Conservative one, led by Sissel Knutsen Hegdal. Despite this, the Labour Party in Stavanger achieved their best result in over 40 years and became the municipality's largest party. Hegdal succeeded her when the municipal council was constituted on 23 October. Party politics In 2022, Nordtun was appointed chair of the Labour Party's energy commission.