Gunnar Halvorsen (July 24, 1945 in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

– March 6, 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (AP). He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament 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

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...

in 1993. He was a municipality council member in

Åmli Åmli is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative cen ...

from 1967–1979, and

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from 1979–1983. In addition he was a member of the Aust-Agder

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from 1975-1993.

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2001 - 2005 leader of the

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. *1997 - 2001 member of the Electoral Committee. *1997 - 2001 deputy member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee. *1997 - 2001 member of the

. *1993 - 1997 member of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halvorsen, Gunnar 1945 births 2006 deaths People from Åmli Mayors of places in Aust-Agder Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 1993–1997 Members of the Storting 1997–2001