Turid Birkeland

Turid Birkeland
Minister of Culture
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Åse Kleveland
Succeeded by	Anne Enger Lahnstein
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 9 May 1986 – 30 September 1989
Constituency	Oslo
Member of the Oslo City Council
In office 21 October 2015 – 24 December 2015
Leader of the Workers' Youth League
In office 25 February 1989 – 6 September 1992
Preceded by	Jens Stoltenberg
Succeeded by	Trond Giske
Personal details
Born	(1962-11-05)5 November 1962 Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Died	24 December 2015(2015-12-24) (aged 53)
Political party	Labour

Turid Birkeland (5 November 1962 – 24 December 2015) was a Norwegian cultural executive and former politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture in 1996–97. She was an author and also worked in television, including being chief of cultural programming at NRK and a member of the board at Telenor. She also headed the Risør Chamber Music Festival, and was the director of Concerts Norway.