Harry Herstad (12 August 1946 – 2 May 2017) is a Norwegian civil servant, sports administrator and politician for the Labour Party. He was born and grew up in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. He served as organizational director of

Nordland County Municipality Nordland County Municipality ( no, Nordland fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration of Nordland county in Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality includes the running of 16 upper secondary schools, with 9,500 ...

and Rogaland County Municipality, but is however best known for his work in his home county Hordaland, where he was managing director of ''Sunnhordland kraftlag'' before a stint as managing director of SK Brann from 1998 to 1999. He was also chief administrative officer of

Stord Municipality Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural l ...

and

Hordaland County Municipality Hordaland County Municipality ( no, Hordaland fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Hordaland county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its most recent form on 1 January 1976 when the law was change ...

, and dean of

Stord/Haugesund University College Stord/Haugesund University College (HSH), Norwegian: Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund) was a medium sized state university college in Norway before it was merged with Bergen University College and Sogn og Fjordane University College to becomHVL.The uni ...

. From 2015 to his unexpected death in May 2017 he served as an elected politician, as mayor of Stord.

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1946 births 2017 deaths Civil servants from Bergen People from Stord Norwegian sports executives and administrators Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Hordaland Academic staff of Stord/Haugesund University College SK Brann non-playing staff {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub