Ine Marie Eriksen S�reide is a Norwegian politician who has been Minister of Defence since 2013. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Norway. In 2005, she was elected as a Member of the Storting for Oslo. Born in L�renskog, from 1995 Eriksen S�reide studied law at the University of Troms�, while at university she joined the Conservative Party and got involved in local politics. In 2000 she became a member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Young Conservatives of Norway. Eriksen S�reide started work as a producer at Metropol TV, she was also elected a Deputy Member of the Storting for Oslo. Following Metropol's closure Eriksen S�reide joined Grette Law Firm as a trainee, In 2005 she was elected a Member of the Storting for the first time. 

May 2nd, 1976 in Lørenskog (Age 48)