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Jørgen Sønstebø
Jørgen Sønstebø (13 February 1922 – 29 June 2013) was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Bø as a son of farmers. He took lower education, then officer's training from 1939 to the German invasion of Norway in 1940. During the war he took middle school as a private candidate in 1941, while working as a farm and forest labourer, later police training. He was decorated with the Defence Medal 1940–1945. He was a police officer in Hjartdal 1945 to 1952, Kviteseid 1952 to 1958, and Gjerpen/ Siljan from 1958 to 1964. After a period as acting bailiff in Gransherad 1964 to 1965 he returned to Kviteseid. He served as bailiff here from 1971 to 1989. He settled in Bø where he took over the family farm Nyhus in 1973. From 1989 to 2005 he was a self-made auctioneer. On the local level he was a member of the municipal councils of Gjerpen from 1959 to 1963, Skien from 1963 to 1965 and Kviteseid from 1967 to 1979 and 1987 to 1995. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Party Of Norway
The Christian Democratic Party (, , , KrF; ) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament, having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Dag Inge Ulstein. The Christian Democrats' leader from 1983 to 1995, Kjell Magne Bondevik, was one of the most prominent political figures in modern Norway, serving as Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister from 1997 to 2000 and 2001 to 2005. Under the old leadership of Bondevik and Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, the party to some extent moved in a more liberal direction. Due largely to their poor showing in the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 elections, the party has seen a conflict between its conservative and liberal wings. Until 2019, the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
