Rune Egil Kristiansen (born 30 October 1948) was a Norwegian typographer, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

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as a son of trade unionist Willard Kristiansen (1927–1972) and Kirsten, née Storøy (1926–1989). He finished vocational school in 1966, undertook a three-year apprenticeship in

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

and worked as a typographer in ''

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'' from 1969 to 1979 and ''

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'' from 1979 to 1980. In 1980 he became a national board member of the

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, and in 1984 he became leader of the Norwegian Graphical Union and Oslo Graphical Union. From 1987 he was also a supervisory council member in the

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, and from 1988 he was a board member of Oslo faglige samorg. He rescinded all positions in 1989 to become an elected politician. Kristensen was elected as a deputy representative to the

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from

during the terms 1989–1993 and 1993–1997. However, he met as a regular representative during seven of the eight years, as a stand-in for

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who served as Prime Minister; later for

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who took part in

Jagland's Cabinet Jagland's Cabinet governed Norway between 25 October 1996 and 17 October 1997. It had the following composition: Cabinet members ReferencesThorbjørn Jaglands regjering 1996–1997
– Regjeringen.no {{Norwegian Labour Party Cabi ...

. In the

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Kristiansen was finally elected as a full member, and served through 2001.

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1948 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian typographers and type designers Members of the Storting 1997–2001 {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub