Morten Strand (born 23 September 1947) is a Norwegian footballer and politician for the Conservative Party. He hails from

Bekkestua Bekkestua is a town in the Municipalities of Norway, municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a Bekkestua (station), station on one of Oslo's westbound Oslo T-bane, T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, police ...

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, but now resides in Vollen. In his younger days he was a

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for Stabæk, from 1965 to 1974, and

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county) in Norway which is today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). ...

from 1975 to 1976. He has later been involved in the local football club Vollen UL. In his professional career he was a CEO of the paper company Basberg Papir. He was a deputy leader of the Norwegian Wholesale Paper Merchants Association and a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises for many years. Strand was first elected to

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

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in 1983, and was mayor of Asker municipality from 1995 to 2007. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

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during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. He was also involved in the

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1947 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Akershus Asker politicians Norwegian sportsperson-politicians Norwegian men's footballers Stabæk Fotball players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Norwegian businesspeople Men's association football goalkeepers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub