Ingvild Kjerkol

Ingvild Kjerkol
Ingvild Kjerkol
	Kjerkol in November 2011
Minister of Health and Care Services
	In office; 14 October 2021 – 19 April 2024
Prime Minister	Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded by	Bent Høie
Succeeded by	Jan Christian Vestre
Member of the Storting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2013
Deputy	May Britt Lagesen
Constituency	Nord-Trøndelag
Leader of the Nord-Trøndelag County Council
	In office; 18 October 2011 – 13 June 2013
Preceded by	Alf Daniel Moen
Succeeded by	Anne Marit Mevassvik
Deputy Member of the Storting
	In office; 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2013
Constituency	Nord-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born	18 May 1975; Stjørdal, North Trøndelag, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Rune Øyan
Children	3
Alma mater	Nord University (Master's thesis annulled, degree withdrawn); Norwegian University of Science and Technology ; Sør-Trøndelag University College
Occupation	Politician

Ingvild Kjerkol (born 18 May 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024, she served as minister of health and care services. In 2024 she was accused of plagiarizing and fabricating parts of her master's thesis, leading to calls for her resignation. On Wednesday 10 April 2024, Nord University revoked her Master degree in Leadership in the Healthcare Sector, and in a Friday press conference the Prime Minister announced that she would be dismissed from her position.

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