Kjell Gotfred Bohlin (27 September 1928 – 17 June 2011) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Røros. He was elected 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 Telemark in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative from 1969 to 1973. On the local level Bohlin was deputy mayor of Bamble municipality from 1963 to 1970, and then mayor from 1971 to 1981. He returned as a municipality council member from 2003 to 2007. From 1967 to 1981 he was also involved in county politics in Telemark, serving as deputy county mayor from 1975 to 1981. His political career ended with the position of County Governor of Telemark, which he held from 1989 to 1998, having been appointed in 1987. Outside politics he was a journalist in '' Arbeidets Rett'' from 1948 to 1949 but spent the majority of his career as a social security bureaucrat. He died in June 2011 in Langesund.

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1928 births 2011 deaths People from Røros People from Bamble Norwegian newspaper editors Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Telemark County governors of Norway 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub