Ellen Trane Nørby

Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1 February 1980 in Herning) has been a Danish politician since February 8th, 2005 as a member of parliament. On March 10, 2011, she took over from Peter Christensen as spokesperson for the Liberal Party. In 2012-2013 she was Nørby chairperson of the Danish European Movement.

Political Career

She was Representative on media from 2006 and then became Political spokesperson from 2011-2014, spokesperson on social affairs and gender equality 2007-2011 and  cultural policy spokesperson 2005-2007. She then became a Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Cultural Affairs Committee, the Climate, Energy and Building Committee, and the Greenland Committee and later Deputy member of the Foreign Policy Committee.

Education

She graduated in social studies from the University of Copenhagen in 2001 and later studied for an MA in History of Art between 1998-2005. She completed her secondary school education in Lemvig between 1995-98 and Primary school in Nørre Nissum 1985-1995.

Notable Work

She has held numerous roles including President of LYMEC, European Liberal Youth 2002-2004 and later became vice-president 1999-2002. She was Candidate for the Liberal Party in Copenhagen County for the European Parliament election 2004, Chairperson for the Liberal Party's European Affairs Committee 2004-2009, Vice-chairwoman of the Danish European Movement 2007-2013 and acting chairwoman December 2012 -April 2013 She was Author of the book -Smag på Europa med honning og chili (Taste Europe -with Honey and Chilli), Saxo, 2004. Initiative-taker for and editor of the book »Flere med nye regler (Several with -new Rules), Forlagskompagniet, 2004. She then became a Regular columnist in the Danish Trades Union Congress' (LO) weekly newsletter 'Ugebrevet A4', the political magazine 'RÆSON' (REASON) and various other magazines and periodicals.

External Links

Danish Parliament