Trygve Simonsen (3 September 1937 – 18 April 2011) was a Norwegian

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for the Progress Party and an engineer.

Career

He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

during the term 1989–1993. In total he met during 55 days of parliamentary session. He was a member of

Harstad Harstad may refer to: Places *Harstad (town) Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...

city council following the

1987 Norwegian local elections Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 13 and 14 September 1987. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. ...

, and was a member of Troms

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at the time of his death in 2011. In his working career, he was an engineer, and among others helped build the

Tjeldsund Bridge The Tjeldsund Bridge () is a suspension road bridge that crosses the Tjeldsundet strait between the mainland and the island of Hinnøya in Troms county, Norway. The bridge is long, the main span is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . The ...

References

1937 births 2011 deaths People from Harstad Progress Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Troms politicians Norwegian engineers {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub