Harald Ellefsen (born 11 December 1950) is a Norwegian

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and politician for the Conservative Party.

Early life and political career

He was born in Oslo, took his secondary education in Trondheim, enrolled as a student in 1970 and graduated as

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in 1976. He spent time from 1971 to 1972 in Drew University. He worked as a part-time journalist in '' Adresseavisen'' and '' Aftenposten'' between 1971 and 1976, and was a police superintendent in Trondheim from 1977 to 1978. He was then a deputy judge in Onsøy for a year. He returned to Trondheim as chief superintendent from 1980 to 1988, and he also edited the magazine ''Politiembetsmennenes Blad''. He worked as a police inspector from 1988 to 1997 and then lawyer. Ellefsen was a member of Trondheim city council from 1975 to 1978. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

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in 1985, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1981–1985, but halfway during this term he moved up as a regular representative following the death of

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. Ellefsen has been a member of the board of the Politiembetsmennenes landsforening (1979–1983), '' Adresseavisen'' (1993–2001), the National Insurance Scheme Fund (1998–) and

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(2005–).

References

1950 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Trondheim Norwegian police chiefs 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub