Before serving as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad was the leader of the Youth of the Christian People's Party (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.
He was the leader of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 2007 to 2010. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder during the term 20052009. 
