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{{Infobox person
| name               = Trine Eilertsen
| image              = Trine Eilertsen Aftenpodden Kulturhuset (191028).jpg
| caption            = Trine Eilertsen during the recording of a podcast in 2015
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = Bærum, Akershus, Norway
| nationality        = Norwegian
| alma_mater         = Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration<br>University of Bergen
| occupation         = Journalist<br>Newspaper editor
}}

'''Trine Eilertsen''' (born 1 May 1969) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Norwegian newspaper {{Lang|no|Aftenposten}}.

==Early life and education==
Eilertsen was born in Bærum and grew up at Sotra. She graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1996 and from the University of Bergen in 1997. 

==Career==
Eilertsen worked in Statoil as a trainee from 1998 to 1999 before being hired in {{Lang|no|Bergens Tidende}} as a journalist. She advanced to political subeditor in 2002 and editor-in-chief in 2008. She changed jobs to political commentator in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 2013, and political editor of {{Lang|no|Aftenposten}} in 2014.

She was appointed chief editor of ''Aftenposten'' from January 2020, succeeding Espen Egil Hansen.

==Other activities==
* [[Trilateral Commission]], Member of the European Group

==References==

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