Olaug Bollestad

Olaug Bollestad
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office 22 January 2019 – 14 October 2021
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Bård Hoksrud
Succeeded by	Sandra Borch
Minister of Children, Family and Church Affairs
In office 20 September 2021 – 14 October 2021
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Succeeded by	Kjersti Toppe
First Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 29 April 2017 – 13 November 2021
Leader	Knut Arild Hareide Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Preceded by	Dagrun Eriksen
Succeeded by	Dag Inge Ulstein
Second Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 9 May 2015 – 29 April 2017
Leader	Knut Arild Hareide
Succeeded by	Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2021 – 22 August 2024 Acting: 24 September – 13 November 2021
First Deputy	Dag Inge Ulstein
Second Deputy	Ingelin Noresjø Ida Lindtveit Røse
Preceded by	Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Succeeded by	Dag Inge Ulstein (acting)
Acting 17 January 2019 – 27 April 2019
Preceded by	Knut Arild Hareide
Succeeded by	Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Member of the Storting
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2013
Deputy	Geir Sigbjørn Toskedal Hadle Rasmus Bjuland
Constituency	Rogaland
Mayor of Gjesdal
In office October 2007 – 23 September 2013
Deputy	Torill Idland Frode Fjeldsbø
Preceded by	Karl Edvard Aksnes
Succeeded by	Frode Fjeldsbø
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 62) Strand, Rogaland, Norway
Political party	Christian Democratic
Spouse	Jan Frode Bollestad ​ (m. 1986)​

Olaug Vervik Bollestad (born 4 November 1961) is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party who is a member of Parliament for Rogaland since 2013. She served as the party leader between 2021 and 2024, having been deputy leader from 2015 to 2021. She served as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2019 to 2021.^[1]