Before serving as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad was the leader of the Aust-Agder(the youth league of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway, and was founded in 1933) from 2007-2010 where he has been a deputy leader since 2005.
Aust-Agder ([stdr (listen), English: East Agder) was one 18 counties (fylker) in Norway up to 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. 
