Nils Tore Føreland (born 26 July 1957) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

during the terms 1981–1985, 1985–1989 and 1993–1997. In total he met during 19 days of parliamentary session. On the local level Føreland served as mayor of

Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established ...

from 2003 to 2011, having formerly been a member of Telemark

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for eight years. He combined the position as mayor with a job at an oil platform in the

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. He has been a deputy board member of the

Norwegian State Housing Bank The Norwegian State Housing Bank ( no, Husbanken) is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the housing politics in Norway. The main tool for the bank is mortgages in newly constructed houses. About half of all houses after World War II in ...

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1957 births Living people People from Drangedal Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub