Fredmund Sandvik (6 August 1951 – 27 October 2024) was a Norwegian farmers' leader and politician for the Centre Party.

Life and career

Sandvik hailed from Laksøybygda in

Meldal Municipality Meldal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality ...

, and is a

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. He was the chair of Tine Midt-Norge from 1998, board member of the nationwide dairy cooperative Tine from 2002 and chair from 2006. Sandvik has also been a board member of the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association () is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and the Norwegian Minis ...

, and a member of the

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for twelve years and

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for twelve years. He was a deputy representative to the

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from

during the terms 1989–1993 and 1993–1997, Sp, albeit without meeting in parliamentary session. He stepped down as chair of Tine in 2010, citing high

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as the reason. In 2010 he also stepped down as chair of Norsk Landbrukssamvirke. In 2011 he was voted as leader of the election committee in the Norwegian Agrarian Association. Sandvik died on 27 October 2024, at the age of 73.

References

1951 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Norwegian farmers People from Meldal Norwegian chairpersons of corporations Centre Party (Norway) politicians Sør-Trøndelag politicians Deputy members of the Storting {{norway-business-bio-stub