Per Martin Sandtrøen

Per Martin Sandtrøen (born 5 October 1985) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party, currently serving as a deputy member of the Storting since 2017.

Per Martin Sandtrøen
Deputy Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2017
Member	Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (2021–)
Constituency	Hedmark
Personal details
Born	(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985 (age 39) Tynset, Hedmark, Norway
Political party	Centre
Relatives	Nils Kristen Sandtrøen (brother)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

He was elected deputy representative to the Storting in 2017 from the constituency of Hedmark and has been re-elected since. He is currently deputising for Trygve Slagsvold Vedum at the Storting from 2021 while Vedum is serving in government.^[1][2][3]

In September 2022, he called for the Centre Party to withdraw from government if the European Union's fourth energy package is passed by the government. He received support from the party's county leaders from Rogaland, Troms, Møre og Romsdal and Buskerud.^[4]

Personal life

Sandtrøen hails from Tynset, and is a brother of Nils Kristen Sandtrøen.^[2] He is a former long-distance runner in the club FIK Ren-Eng, with a personal best of 15:04.38 minutes in the 5000 metres from 2004.^[5]

References

1. "Sandtrøen, Per Martin (1985-)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
2. Tvedt, Knut Are. "Per Martin Sandtrøen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
3. "Even Eriksen (26) fra Trysil fikk plutselig stortingsplass". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
4. "Sp-topp truer med regjerings-exit – får støtte fra fylkesledere" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
5. "S". Norwegian Athletics. Retrieved 17 October 2021.