Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen

Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen (born 23 February 1966) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who is a member of the Storting and the current President of the Storting.

Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen
Trøen in 2018
President of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2018
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Olemic Thommessen
Personal details
Born	(1966-02-23) 23 February 1966 Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Oslo Metropolitan University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Nurse

First elected from Akershus in 2013, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services in her first term as member of parliament. Trøen was reelected in 2017 and appointed to the Election Committee and also as chair of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs.[1] Following Olemic Thommessen's resignation as President of the Storting, she became the Conservative Party's candidate to replace him as President on 14 March 2018 and formally elected as President of the Storting the day after.[2]

Trøen is the second female President of the Storting, the first being Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl of the Labour Party, who served as President from 1993 until 2001.[3]