Sylvia Brustad

Sylvia Brustad (born 19 December 1966, in Elverum) is a former Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.

Sylvia Brustad
Brustad in 2009
Governor of Hedmark Acting
In office 1 January 2010 – 16 October 2013
Monarch	Harald V
Preceded by	Tormod W. Karlstrøm (acting)
Succeeded by	Sigbjørn Johnsen
Minister of Fisheries Acting
In office 2 October 2009 – 20 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Helga Pedersen
Succeeded by	Lisbeth Berg-Hansen
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 20 June 2008 – 20 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Dag Terje Andersen
Succeeded by	Trond Giske
Minister of Health and Care Services
In office 17 October 2005 – 20 June 2008
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Ansgar Gabrielsen
Succeeded by	Bjarne Håkon Hansen
Minister of Local Government
In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Odd Roger Enoksen
Succeeded by	Erna Solberg
Minister of Children and Families
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Grete Berget
Succeeded by	Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Minister of Labour and Administration Acting
In office 25 October 1996 – 15 November 1996
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Nils Olav Totland
Succeeded by	Terje Rød-Larsen
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-19) 19 December 1966 Elverum, Norway
Political party	Labour

Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the folk high school in Ringsaker until 1985. She then worked as a journalist, among other publications she worked for LO-aktuelt, the news publication of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

Brustad was elected to a county council seat in Hedmark following the local elections of 1987. In the 1989 election, she was elected to a seat in the Norwegian Parliament and left county politics.

In cabinet Jagland which held office between 1996 and 1997, she was Minister for Children and Family Affairs. She was later Minister for Local Government and Regional Development in the first cabinet Stoltenberg between 2000 and 2001. Following the electoral victory of the 2005 elections, Brustad became Minister of Health and Care Services in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She was moved to the post of Minister of Trade and Industry in June 2008 and left the government in October 2009.

Brustad became known for her role as Minister for Child and Family Affairs in 1996 when a law restricting the opening hours of shops on Sundays, holidays and after nine in the evening was passed. Only stores smaller than 100 square metres were allowed to remain open, such shops were somewhat disparagingly nicknamed "Brustadbuer" ("Brustad shacks"), until the law was quietly repealed in 2003.[1] Brustad herself claimed that she had not personally advocated the law, but that she was required to follow through on a decision within the Labour Party.[2]