Kristin Vinje (born Kristin Sørby, 10 June 1963) is a Norwegian chemist and politician for the Conservative Party. She served as city commissioner for finance in Oslo from 2009 to 2013 when she was elected to the Parliament of Norway.
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Vinje was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry by the University of Oslo in 1994. She worked as a researcher at SINTEF from 1996 to 2002 and worked for the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway) from 2002 to 2005. She was vice-director of Simula Research Laboratory from 2005 to 2007 and director of Simula School of Research and Innovation from 2007 to 2009.[1]
She is married and has four children.[2]
References
edit- ^ Høye ambisjoner for forskning Oslo Høyres 4. kandidat til Stortingsvalget 2013 Kristinvinje.no. Retrieved 23 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Kristin Tufte Haga (29 August 2013): Hun drømte om å bli oljeminister Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Dittoslo.no. Retrieved 23 September 2013 (in Norwegian)