Kai Steffen Østensen

Kai Steffen Østensen
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2025
ConstituencyVest-Agder
Personal details
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994
PartyLabour Party

Kai Steffen Østensen (born 4 October 1994) is a Norwegian politician who was elected member of the Storting in 2025.[1] From 2017 to 2025, he was a deputy member of the Storting.[2]

Background and education

Østensen was born in Farsund in southern Norway. He went to Lister high-school and finished a Bachelor degree in regional planning in 2019 at the University of Agder in Kristiansand. In 2019 he was elected to the Agder county council. From 2021 to 2023 he worked as a political advisor to Ingvild Kjerkol, Minister of Health and Care Services. After leaving he worked at the Norwegian Communications Authority.

In 2024 Østensen won the top spot of the labour party nomination for parliament over Even Tonstad Sagebakken, and September 8, 2025 he was elected.[3]

Church of Norway

In 2019, Østensen, being a member of "Åpen folkekirke", was elected as the youngest ever chair of the bishops council (Bispedømmeråd) of Agder and Telemark.[4] He has also been in the leadership-group of the synod of the Church of Norway (Kirkemøtet).

References

  1. ^ "Kan ikke utelukke at Gud har en finger med i spillet". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). 9 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Østensen, Kai Steffen (1994-)" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ^ "Møt Kai Steffen Østensen, 1. kandidat på stortingslista til Arbeiderpartiet i Vest-Agder valgkrets". Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (in Norwegian). 6 June 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Kai Steffen Østensen ny leder i bispedømmerådet". Agder og Telemark bispedømme (in Norwegian Bokmål). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2025.