Ivar Belck-Olsen (18 January 1932 – 15 February 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social te ...

. He was born in Oslo, but the family moved to

Knapstad Knapstad is a village in the municipality of Hobøl, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandin ...

Hobøl Hobøl was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about southeast of Oslo. The parish of ''Haabøl'' was established as a municipality on 1 ...

. He became active in the Christian Democratic Party at the age of 15, and continued past his 80th birthday. He has chaired Hobøl Christian Democratic Party and Østfold Christian Democratic Party, been an elected member of Hobøl

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and Østfold

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, where he served as deputy county mayor. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 bas ...

from

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other sid ...

during the terms 1977–1981, 1981–1985 and 1985–1989. He met during 54 days of parliamentary session.

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1932 births 2018 deaths People from Hobøl Deputy members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Østfold politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub