Rikard Olsvik (6 February 1930 in

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– 21 August 2017) was a

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for the Labour Party.

Personal life

Rikard was the son of Hans Olsvik (1897-1974) and Anna Rosvoll (1897-1977).

Career History

He was elected to the

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from

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...

in 1981, and was re-elected on two occasions. Olsvik was involved in local politics in

Tustna Tustna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Gullstein. The municipality is located in the present-day Aure Municipality. The municipality included the main islands of Tus ...

and

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricul ...

, serving as mayor of Rindal from 1971 to 1973. He was also a member of Møre og Romsdal county council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.

Death

He died on 21 August 2017 at the age of 87.Tidligere ordfører og stortingspolitiker er død

References

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1930 births 2017 deaths People from Aure, Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub