{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Ronny Aukrust | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Deputy Member of the Storting | constituency1 = Østfold | 1blankname1 = Deputising for | 1namedata1 = Jon-Ivar Nygård {{small|(2025–)}} | term_start1 = 1 October 2025 | term_end1 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kråkstad, Norway | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Labour Party | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = 4 | alma_mater = Merkantilt Institutt | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Ronny Holen Aukrust''' (born 20 October 1975) is a Norwegian politician and deputy member of the Storting. A member of the Labour Party, he has represented Østfold since October 2025.<ref name="Storting">{{cite web |title=Representanter og komiteer: Representant - Aukrust, Ronny (1975-) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=RONAUK |publisher=Storting |access-date=12 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001142503/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=RONAUK |archive-date=1 October 2025 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref>
==Early life== Aukrust was born on 20 October 1975 in Kråkstad.<ref name="Storting"/><ref name="Smaalenenes Avis">{{cite news |last1=Blørstad |first1=Per Uno |title=Ronny blir eneste indre østfolding på Tinget: – Kribler litt i kroppen |url=https://www.smaalenene.no/ronny-blir-eneste-indre-ostfolding-pa-tinget-kribler-litt-i-kroppen/s/5-38-1807417 |access-date=12 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001181246/https://www.smaalenene.no/ronny-blir-eneste-indre-ostfolding-pa-tinget-kribler-litt-i-kroppen/s/5-38-1807417 |archive-date=1 October 2025 |work=Smaalenenes Avis |date=1 October 2025 |location=Askim, Norway |language=no}}</ref> The family moved to Askim in 1977, where Aukrust has lived ever since.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/> He went to primary school in Korsgård and junior high school in Løken.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/> Aukrust was a blårussen and studied commerce and office management at {{ill|Mysen Upper Secondary School|no|Mysen videregående skole}} in Mysen.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/> He studied accounting at the {{ill|Merkantilt Institutt|no}} in Oslo.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/>
==Career== After school, Aukrust worked as an accountant before joining software company Visma in 2002.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/><ref name="Ap">{{cite web |title=Ronny Aukrust |url=https://www.arbeiderpartiet.no/politikere/141092-ronny-aukrust |publisher=Labour Party |access-date=12 October 2025 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref>
===Politics=== Aukrust joined the Labour Party in 2017.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/> He is leader of the Labour Party in Indre Østfold and a member of the local municipal council.<ref name="Ap"/> He was leader of the commuter association in Indre Østfold.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pedersen |first1=Tomm Pentz |title=Ronny mener et pendleropprør er i rute |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/ronny-mener-et-pendleroppror-er-i-rute/6293112 |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Dagsavisen |date=13 February 2025 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref> He was the Labour Party's fifth placed candidate in Østfold at the 2025 parliamentary election, but the party won only four seats in the constituency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stortingsvalget 2025: Protokoll for distriktsvalgstyret i Østfold valgdistrikt |url=https://valgmedarbeiderportalen.valg.no/umbraco/Surface/MeetingBook/downloadByName/?meetingBookFolderId=23814&meetingBookName=31_st_2025 |website=Valg |publisher=Norwegian Directorate of Elections |access-date=12 October 2025 |page=62 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref> Aukrust became the party's first deputy representative ({{lang|no|Vararepresentant}}) in the constituency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Representantene - Innvalgte fra 1945 -: 2025-2029 |url=https://stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Innvalgte-fra-1945--/?pid=2025-2029&page=6#list |publisher=Storting |access-date=12 October 2025 |location=Oslo, Norway |language=no}}</ref> He entered the Storting on 1 October 2025 as a permanent substitute for Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård.<ref name="Storting"/> He is a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs<ref name="Storting" /> and was also elected by the Storing to be a part of the Norwegian delegation to the Nordic Council.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blørstad |first1=Per Uno |title=Ronny skal holde regjeringen i ørene og må ha kofferten klar |url=https://www.smaalenene.no/ronny-skal-holde-regjeringen-i-orene-og-ma-ha-kofferten-klar/s/5-38-1811297 |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Smaalenenes Avis |date=10 October 2025 |location=Askim, Norway |language=no}}</ref>
==Personal life== Aukrust has four children.<ref name="Smaalenenes Avis"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Members of the Storting, 2025–2029}}
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