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 arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), and ...

and worked as a typographer in '' Arbeiderbladet'' 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 Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, 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 He rescinded all positions in 1989 to become an elected politician.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. In the

1997 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 14 and 15 September 1997. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 Prior to the election Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party had issue ...

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 Members of the Storting Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian typographers and type designers 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub