Bjarne Saltnes (26 February 1934 – 16 May 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Skaun Municipality Skaun is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Børsa. Other vill ...

as a son of a mill worker, and after vocational school as a carpenter in 1951, and some years as a construction labourer, he worked at the mill ''J.C. Piene & Søn'' from 1964 to 1997. From 1972 to 1994 he was a board member of the company as an employees' representative, and from 1977 to 1986 he chaired the trade union . Saltnes was a member of the Labour Party for over fifty years, and was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Buvik Municipality Buvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Buvik existed from 1855 until 1965. The municipality encompassed the extreme northeastern part of what is now Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county. It encompassed the r ...

from 1955 to 1963. After a municipal merger, he sat on the municipal council of

from 1965 to 1975 and 1979 to 1991, serving as mayor there in 1971–1975 and 1979–1983. He chaired the Skaun Labour Party from 1965 to 1967. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

during the terms 1977–1981, 1981–1985 and 1985–1989. In total he met during 238 days of parliamentary session. Saltnes also chaired Buvik IL in 1951–1952 and 1960–1962, held other municipal posts, and was a member of from 1972 to 1986.

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1934 births 2016 deaths People from Skaun Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub