Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs

The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs (Norwegian: Familie- og kulturkomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to families, children and youth, gender equality, consumer affairs and cultural affairs. It corresponds to the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Children and Equality.^[1] The committee has 10 members and is chaired by Svein Harberg of the Conservative Party.^[2]

Members 2009–13

Representative	Party	Position
Harberg, SveinSvein Harberg	Conservative	Chair
Bekkevold, GeirGeir Bekkevold	Christian Democratic	First deputy chair
Aasrud, RigmorRigmor Aasrud	Labour	Second deputy chair
Liadal, Hege HaukelandHege Haukeland Liadal	Labour
Løvaas, Kårstein EidemKårstein Eidem Løvaas	Conservative
Mandt, SonjaSonja Mandt	Labour
Stokkan-Grande, ArildArild Stokkan-Grande	Labour
Stordalen, MortenMorten Stordalen	Progress
Thomsen, IbIb Thomsen	Progress
Tønder, MetteMette Tønder	Conservative

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

Standing committees	Business and Industry Education, Research and Church Affairs Energy and the Environment Family and Cultural Affairs Finance and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs and Defence Health and Care Services Justice Labour and Social Affairs Local Government and Public Administration Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Transport and Communications

Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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