Odd Omland (born 29 January 1956) is a
Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party. He is
Member of Parliament (
Stortinget
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) for
Vest-Agder
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County since
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
where he is a member of the
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.
Stortinget: Odd Omland. Biografi.
Omland was mayor
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of Kvinesdal
Kvinesdal 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 villa ...
Municipality from 2003 to 2013. In local elections in 2007, he was re-elected with over 67% of the votes in the direct mayor election in the municipality where he has been municipal representative since 1980. At the 2009 general election was the Council for Labour's second candidate from Vest-Agder, and he thus became the party's first deputy.
References
1956 births
Living people
People from Kvinesdal
Deputy members of the Storting
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Vest-Agder politicians
Mayors of places in Vest-Agder
Members of the Storting 2013–2017
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