Hege Nerland was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Norway)

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...

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In 2003 she helped found the local party chapter in her native Hemsedal

Hemsedal

Hemsedal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trøym. In 1897, Hemsedal was separated from the municipality of Gol to become a municipality of its own.Hemsedal is the...

.http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostafjells/buskerud/1.283643 She worked with organic farming

Organic farming

Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity and control pests on a farm...

 there, and had organizational experience from the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union

Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union

The Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union is a Norwegian interest organization for farmers.It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union...

 and Via Campesina

Via Campesina

Via Campesina describes itself as "an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe"...

.http://www.hallingdolen.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071030/LOKALENYHEITER/710300009 She was elected to the municipality council the same year, and became deputy mayor of Hemsedal. Following the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005

Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. More than 3.4 million Norwegians were eligible for vote for the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The new Storting has 169 members, an increase of four over the 2001 election....

, she served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud

Buskerud

is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

. In November 2006, however, she had to relinquish her political positions due to illness.http://www.hallingdolen.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/LOKALENYHEITER/111230043 She died four months later.