{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1965)}} thumb|Gro Skartveit '''Gro Skartveit''' (born 24 August 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

She was originally a member of the Christian Democratic Party, but left in 2001 after she came out as a lesbian.<ref name="lesb">{{cite news |first=Tore |last=Gjerstad |author2=Øyvind Midttun |title=Lesbisk melder seg ut av KrF |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/11/11/294195.html |work=Dagbladet |date=11 November 2001 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-05-05 }}</ref>

She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 2005&ndash;2009. On the local level, she has been a member of the municipal council of Stavanger Municipality,<ref name="lesb"/> and is a member of Rogaland county council.<ref name="helsevest">[http://www.helse-vest.no/sw1142.asp Helse Vest: Styret] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603152644/http://www.helse-vest.no/sw1142.asp |date=2008-06-03 }}</ref> She was mayor of Finnøy Municipality from 2011 to 2015.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gro Skartveit |first=Marte |last=Sande |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gro_Skartveit |language=no |access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

She is also a member of the board of the Western Norway Regional Health Authority.<ref name="helsevest"/>

She hails from Finnøy Municipality.

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