Per Erik Monsen (18 April 1946 – 16 February 2008) was a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Progress Party. Born in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

, Monsen graduated from teacher's college in 1977 and worked at

Fevang Fevang is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about to the north of the centre of the city of Sandefjord and about to the southwest of the village of Stokke. It is located along the European ...

School from 1978 to 1997. He was a member of the executive committee of Sandefjord city council from 1987 to 1997, serving as deputy mayor in 1990–1994 and 1995–1997. He chaired the local party chapter from 1994 to 1997. In 2007 he was again elected to the city council. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway 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

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

in 1997, and was re-elected on one occasion, serving both terms in the

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a position in which the body is held in an upright (orthostatic) position and supported only by the feet. Although seemingly static, the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the sa ...

. Monsen died at the age of 61, after a

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three weeks earlier.

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1946 births 2008 deaths People from Sandefjord Progress Party (Norway) politicians Vestfold politicians Norwegian schoolteachers Members of the Storting 2001–2005 Members of the Storting 1997–2001 {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub