Christian Tynning Bjørnø (born 27 November 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the

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from

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in 2013 where he is a member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs. Bjørnø was a member of Porsgrunn

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from 2003 to 2011. He was elected to Telemark

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in 2011 where he served as deputy mayor. Lars Løkkebø (11 October 2013
Christian på Stortinget, 48 år etter bestefar
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2013 In the

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, he was nominated in the third spot on the Telemark Labour ballot. He fought for the ballot position against Labour Youth leader

Eskil Pedersen Eskil Pedersen (born 6 March 1984 in Skien) is a Norwegian politician and former leader from 2010 to 2014 of the Workers' Youth League (AUF), the youth organisation associated with Norway's leading Labour Party. Pedersen survived the massacre ...

and won with 74 votes against 55 votes for Pedersen at the Telemark Labour Party's nomination meeting in November 2012.Cato Husabø Fossen et al (24 November 2013
Eskil Pedersen tapte kampvotering - stortingsdrømmen knust

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. Retrieved 31 October 2013 Eskildsen had the support of Skien Labour party and Telemark Labour Youth, while Bjørnø was supported by Porsgrunn Labour Party and several other district branches where a major argument in favour of Bjørnø was that he was situated in Telemark as opposed to Pedersen who had lived in Oslo for a long time. In the general election, Labour Party got three representants from Telemark and Bjørø became representative number 5 from Telemark.Bjørnø, Christian Tynning ( 1985- )
Stortinget.no. Retrieved 31 October 2013 Bjørø is the son of

journalist

Signe Tynning Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse ''sigr'' (victory) and ''nýr'' (new), which may refer to: *Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess *Signy, two heroines in N ...

and the grandson of Conservative politician

Torstein Tynning Torstein Tynning (4 June 1932 – 18 November 2000) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served in the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorno, Christian Tynning Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Telemark Politicians from Porsgrunn 1985 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians