Geirmund Ihle (29 December 1934 – 4 June 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. Born in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

, Ihle was a member of

city council from 1963 to 1975. He chaired the local party chapter from 1968 to 1969. Outside politics he mainly worked as a teacher, and was also a journalist in ''

Rogalands Avis ''Rogalands Avis'' is a local newspaper published in Stavanger, Norway. History and profile ''Rogalands Avis'' was established in 1899. The paper is based in Stavanger and covers the southern Rogaland. A Labour Party-affiliated newspaper, it ...

'' from 1964 to 1970 and cinema director in Haugesund from 1971 to 1975. He was a member of the board of Folk og Forsvar from 1984 to 1989 and vice president of Norges Forsvarsforening from 1989 to 1993. Ihle died in 2016 at the age of 81.Geirmund Ihle er død

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* 1934 births 2016 deaths Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians People from Haugesund 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub