Bjørgulv Froyn (born 23 September 1945) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Socialist Left Party and the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party (; , A or Ap; ), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party (, DNA), is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectru ...

. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, and took secondary education there. In 1968 he was hired as a worker in

Oslo Sporveier AS Oslo Sporveier is a defunct municipal owned company responsible for public transport in Oslo, Norway. It was created in 1924 to take over the city's two private tram companies. In 1927 its started with bus transport, including from 1940 to 1 ...

in 1968. He was also a member of the Socialist Youth Association (SUF), and became known for participating in the Oslo Sporveier strike in 1970. Then, for the Socialist Left Party 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

during the term 1977–1981. He was also deputy chairman of the party from 1977 to 1979. In 1988 he joined the

. He chaired the Oslo chapter of the party from 2000 to 2004, and served as an elected member of the Parliament of Norway during the term 2001–2005. He sat on the

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electronic communication Telecommunicat ...

. Froyn has also had a career as a trade unionist, and chaired the Oslo chapter of the

Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees The Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees (, NKF) was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was founded in 1920 as the Norwegian Municipal Workers' Union, a split from the Norwegian Uni ...

from 1986 to 1994. From 1994 to 2000 he worked as secretary-general of the

Council of Nordic Trade Unions The Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 9 million members from 16 national trade unions in the Nordic countries of Europe. It was founded in 1972, and has close ties with the Baltic Sea Trade Un ...

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1945 births Living people Norwegian trade unionists Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Members of the Storting 2001–2005 {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub