Per Risvik (4 September 1937 – 22 November 2023) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was born in Herøy, Møre og Romsdal to a shopowning family. After finishing vocational school in 1955 he was a shop clerk. He attended mercantile school from 1959 to 1960 and was then a travelling salesman before owning his own business. Risvik entered politics as a deputy member of Trondheim city council in 1983, being elected as a regular member in 1987. He also held municipal posts such as being a member of the board of the fire department and the port authority. He was elected to the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 bas ...

from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

in 1989, serving on the

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. Risvik was also leader of Trondheim Progress Party from 1988 to 1990, deputy leader of Sør-Trøndelag Progress Party from 1989 to 1991 and leader of Sør-Trøndelag Progress Party from 1994 to 1995. He was also active in the for decades, serving as national vice president from 1997 to 2002. From 2000 to 2003 he had a second stint in local politics, being elected to

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1937 births 2023 deaths People from Møre og Romsdal Members of the Storting Progress Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians politicians from Trondheim {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub