Ronny Aukrust

Ronny Aukrust
Deputy Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2025
Deputising forJon-Ivar Nygård (2025–2026)
ConstituencyØstfold
Personal details
Born (1975-10-20) 20 October 1975 (age 51)
Kråkstad, Norway
PartyLabour Party
Children4
EducationMerkantilt Institutt

Ronny Holen Aukrust (born 20 October 1975) is a Norwegian politician and deputy member of the Storting. A member of the Labour Party, he represented Østfold between October 2025 and September 2026.

Early life

Aukrust was born on 20 October 1975 in Kråkstad. The family moved to Askim in 1977, where Aukrust has lived ever since. He went to primary school in Korsgård and junior high school in Løken. Aukrust was a blårussen and studied commerce and office management at Mysen Upper Secondary School [no] in Mysen. He studied accounting at the Merkantilt Institutt [no] in Oslo.

Career

After school, Aukrust worked as an accountant before joining software company Visma in 2002.

Politics

Aukrust joined the Labour Party in 2017. He is leader of the Labour Party in Indre Østfold and a member of the local municipal council. He was leader of the commuter association in Indre Østfold. He was the Labour Party's fifth placed candidate in Østfold at the 2025 parliamentary election, but the party won only four seats in the constituency. Aukrust became the party's first deputy representative (Vararepresentant) in the constituency. He entered the Storting on 1 October 2025 as a permanent substitute for Jon-Ivar Nygård until 11 September 2026 while Nygård served as Minister of Transport. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and was also elected by the Storing to be a part of the Norwegian delegation to the Nordic Council.

Personal life

Aukrust has four children.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Representanter og komiteer: Representant - Aukrust, Ronny (1975-)" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Storting. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Blørstad, Per Uno (1 October 2025). "Ronny blir eneste indre østfolding på Tinget: – Kribler litt i kroppen". Smaalenenes Avis (in Norwegian). Askim, Norway. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Ronny Aukrust" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Labour Party. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Pedersen, Tomm Pentz (13 February 2025). "Ronny mener et pendleropprør er i rute". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Stortingsvalget 2025: Protokoll for distriktsvalgstyret i Østfold valgdistrikt". Valg (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Directorate of Elections. p. 62. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Representantene - Innvalgte fra 1945 -: 2025-2029" (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Storting. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Blørstad, Per Uno (10 October 2025). "Ronny skal holde regjeringen i ørene og må ha kofferten klar". Smaalenenes Avis (in Norwegian). Askim, Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2025.