Kenneth Svendsen (born 2 August 1954 in

Fauske Municipality or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality located in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Fauske (t ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

Biography

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

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions. Svendsen held various positions in the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

from 1987 to 2007. From 1991 to 1999 he was also a member of Nordland county council. He is

vice-president A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

of 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 ...

since 2009.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svendsen, Kenneth 1960 births Living people Progress Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian Christians People from Fauske Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 1997–2001 Members of the Storting 2005–2009 Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017