Kjell Svindland (15 April 1933 – 13 January 2025) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Life and career

Svindland served as a deputy representative 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

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

during the terms 1973–1977, 1977–1981, 1981–1985, 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. In total he met during 122 days of parliamentary session. Following the 1995 elections, Svindland became the new county mayor (''fylkesordfører'') of Vest-Agder. In

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he was succeeded by

Thore Westermoen Thore Westermoen (born 17 September 1949 in Mandal) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He is the son of Toralf Westermoen, who among other things is a former member of the national Parliament. Thore Westermoen himself se ...

from the same party. He also served as mayor of

Flekkefjord Flekkefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the ...

. Svindland died on 13 January 2025, at the age of 91.

References

1933 births 2025 deaths People from Flekkefjord Deputy members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub