Erlend Larsen (born 13 October 1965) is a Norwegian pilot, non-fiction writer, and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor in

Stokke Stokke is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2017. The area is now part of Sandefjord Municipality. The administrative ...

from 2011, and has been a representative of the constituency of

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

to the

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

since 2017.

Personal life

Larsen was born in

on 13 October 1965, a son of carpenter Einar Larsen and gardener Jofrid Olga Larsen.

Career

Larsen worked as a pilot from 1994 to 2011. He has also written several non-fiction books, including books related to flying. From 2011 to 2016 he was mayor in Stokke. He was elected representative to the

for the period 2017–2021 for the Conservative Party, and re-elected for the period 2021–2025.

References

1965 births Living people People from Stokke Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Vestfold Members of the Storting 2017–2021 Members of the Storting 2021–2025 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub