Ove Bernt Trellevik (born 15 August 1965) is a Norwegian military officer, economist, and politician for the Conservative Party. A former officer in the

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and former mayor of

Sund Sund may refer to: Places In northern Europe, there are more than a hundred straits named ''Sund'', see: Sound (geography). *Sund, Åland, a municipality in Finland * Sund, Norway, a former municipality in Vestland county, Norway * Sund, Flakstad, ...

, he has been member of the

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from the constituency of

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

since 2013.

Personal life, education and early career

Trellevik was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

on 15 August 1965, a son of Åsmund Trellevik and Anne Marie Trellevik. He was first educated as chef, and is further educated both as military officer from the

Royal Norwegian Naval Academy The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA, ''Sjøkrigsskolen'' in Norwegian) is located at Laksevåg in Bergen. It was formally established 27 October 1817 in Frederiksvern. The institution educates officers for the Royal Norwegian Navy. History ...

, and economist from the

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. He was appointed officer in the

from 1985 to 2001, and was assigned with the from 2001 to 2006. From 2006 to 2010 he was assigned as special advisor for the power company

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Political career

Trellevik was elected member of the municipal council of

from 2007 to 2015, and served as mayor in Sund from 2010 to 2013. He has been chairman of the board of , , and , and board member of the foundation . He was elected representative to the

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from

in 2013 where he was member of the

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from 2013 to 2017. He was re-elected to the Storting for the periods 2017–2021 and 2021–2025, and was member of the

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from 2017 to 2021, and of the

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from 2021. He was a member of the Storting delegation to the

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from 2017 to 2021, and a delegate to the

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from 2018 to 2019.

References

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