Leiv Blakset (28 December 1928 – 22 May 2005) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher and politician.

Biography

Blakset was born in Herøy Municipality to Knut Blakset and Agnes Olivia Bergset. He became a farmer in

Stryn Municipality Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of th ...

, educated as agronomist in 1949. He graduated as schoolteacher in

Elverum Municipality Elverum () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Elverum ( ...

in 1966, thereafter working as teacher in Stryn, and as rector from 1977 to 1995. Taking part in local politics, he was deputy mayor of

from 1973 to 1977, and served as mayor of Stryn Municipality from 1977. He was elected representative 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 the constituency of

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

for the period 1985–1989 for the Centre Party.

References

1928 births 2005 deaths People from Nordland People from Herøy, Nordland Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1989–1993 Members of the Storting 1985–1989 {{Norway-politician-stub