Sven Trygve Falck (9 March 1943 – 27 August 2019) was a Norwegian engineer, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near ...

as a son of bookseller Trygve Falck (1905–1974) and housewife Inger Erikson (1909–1995). He finished his secondary education in 1962 and took the siv.ing. degree in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

in 1967. While studying he edited '' Under Dusken'' in 1964. His first engineering job was at Dow Chemical Co. in Texas from 1967 to 1970. After a year at Dow Chemical Co. in Germany, he was hired in

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in 1971. He was an engineer for Norsk Hydro at Rafnes from 1975, then chief engineer for Norsk Hydro in

Porsgrunn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Porsgrunn (town), city ...

from 1976 to 1981. He was a member of Porsgrunn city council from 1977 to 1979, then the executive committee of

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

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while also serving as deputy chair of the county school board. He was also 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 Telemark in

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, and served through one term as a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and Industry. After leaving Parliament he was a consultant and business director. He was a board member of Norsk Jern Holding from 1990 to 1993, corporate council member of Norsk Jernverk from 1987 to 1989 and supervisory council member of Manufacturers Hanover Norge from 1986 to 1990 and Den Norske Industribank from 1990 to 1993 (deputy from 1986 to 1990).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Falck, Sven Trygve 1943 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Tønsberg Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian chemical engineers Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian expatriates in Germany Politicians from Porsgrunn Politicians from Telemark Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian businesspeople Dow Chemical Company employees Members of the Storting 1981–1985