Øystein Djupedal


Øystein Kåre Djupedal is a Norwegian politician.
Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal. He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, and a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat since the 1993 election. For two years, from 17 October 2005 until 18 October 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research. He is also former deputy chairman of SV.