Hans Olav Syversen (born 25 November 1966 in

Skjervøy Skjervøy or Skjervøya may refer to the following: Places *Skjervøy Municipality Skjervøy Municipality (, ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the mu ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was first elected to the

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from

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in 2005, serving until 2017. He previously served as a deputy representative to the

during the term 1989–1993. During the

first cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 October 1997 to 17 March 2000. It was led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is a ...

, Syversen was appointed political advisor in the

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. He left the position in 1999. In 2003, during the

second cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any o ...

, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs. On the local level he was a member of Oslo city council from 1995 to 2003, being city administrative councillor (''kommunalråd'') since 1999. He was a member of the central party board from 1997 to 1999. He graduated with the

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degree from the

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in 2000. He has been involved in the

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, and in 2009 became chairman of

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for a two-year period.

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* 1966 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Politicians from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian Lutherans Norwegian Zionists People from Skjervøy Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub