Sandra Borch

Sandra Konstance Nygård Borch (born 23 April 1988) is a Norwegian politician currently serving as the minister of research and higher education since 2023, and previously minister of agriculture and food from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Centre Party, she served as the leader of the Centre Youth from 2011 to 2013, while simultaneously serving as a deputy MP from her home constituency of Troms from 2009 to 2013. She was elected a permanent representative in 2017. Personal life and education Borch was born in Lavangen on 23 April 1988, the daughter of Yvonne Nygård Borch and Kjetil Solberg. She also has a younger brother. In June 2023, she announced that she had entered a relationship with Peter Paulsen, whom she met when celebrating her brother's birthday before Christmas 2022. She graduated in jurisprudence from the University of Tromsø in 2012.