Jone Blikra (born 11 October 1962) is a Norwegian police officer and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the

Storting The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

from

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

from 2021, he has met as deputy for

Terje Aasland Terje Aasland (born 15 February 1965, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as Minister of Energy since 2022. He has also been a member of parliament for Telemark since 2005. Education Aasland is an electricia ...

since 2022.

Personal life, education and civic career

Blikra was born on 11 October 1962, a son of Kristoffer Blikra and Margit Lillemo. He hails from

Kragerø Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include H ...

and is police officer by education, working in the police since 1985. From 1992 to 1993 he served as police for the

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. He chaired the Telemark chapter of the

Norwegian Police Federation The Norwegian Police Federation () is the trade union which organizes employees from all levels within the police force. The federation is a member of the Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway and the European Confederation of Police ...

from 1999 to 2006. From 2012 to 2014 he held the position of

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(leader of a rural police district) in

Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. Other villages in Drangedal include Bø i Tørdal, ...

Political career

Local politics

Blikra was a member of the municipal council of Kragerø from 1999, and served as mayor of Kragerø from 2015 to 2019.

Parliament

He was elected deputy representative to the

from the constituency of

for the period 2021–2025, for the Labour Party. He replaces

at the Storting from March 2022 while Aasland is government minister. In the Storting, Blikra is a member of the

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from 2022.

Other

Blikra previously chaired the board of Teater Ibsen, a theatre based in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

References

1962 births Living people People from Kragerø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark Norwegian trade unionists Members of the Storting 2021–2025 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub