Erling Fløtten (20 November 1937 – 28 October 2010) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as county mayor (''fylkesordfører'') in

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between 1987 and 1995. After that, he was regional director of NHO's Finnmark division until his retirement in 2007. As county mayor, Fløtten signed the first agreement of cooperation between Finnmark and the

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in 1988. In 2009, Fløtten resigned his membership from the Labour Party after he was removed from the board of the Finnmark Estate (FeFo). Fløtten was also an amateur chess player representing the chess club in

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, and he served as president of the Norwegian Chess Federation between 1997 and 1998. During the third round of the 2010

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, Fløtten collapsed at the chessboard, and despite rapid intervention from medical personnel, his life could not be saved.

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1937 births 2010 deaths Finnmark politicians Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub