Jakob Eng (25 June 1937 – 2 November 2022) was a Norwegian banker, organizational leader, and politician for the

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Early life and career

He was born in

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on t ...

as a son of Thomas Emil Eng (1912–1988) and housewife Aslaug Helene Grindhaug (1915–1999). He took a secondary education with emphasis on economy from 1955 to 1958, and learnt

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at the

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from 1959 to 1961. After four years in various companies he was hired in the bank Skudesneshavn Sparebank, and he was the bank director from 1966 until 1984.

Politics

Eng became involved in local politics, and was a deputy member of Karmøy

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from 1967 to 1971. He was elected in 1971, and even became mayor. He served until 1973, then from 1975 to 1981. He was deputy mayor from 1981 to 1982, then mayor again from 1982 to 1984. He was then a regular council member from 1984 to 2003. He was a member of

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 ...

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from 1979 to 1991, and a deputy member in 1975–1979 and 1991–1995. He chaired the regional party chapter in Rogaland from 1980 to 1983, and was a member of his party's national board in the same period. He chaired his local chapter from 1993 to 1994. Nationally, he served as a deputy member of the

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from Rogaland during the terms 1973–1977, 1977–1981 and 1981–1985. He has been involved in local campaigning after becoming a pensioner too, and in February 2006 Eng became an honorary member of his party.

Organizational work

From 1984 to 1992, Eng worked full-time as chairman of the

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. He had become involved there as a member of the wages committee from 1976 to 1980. Also, he had been a member of the organization's central committee from 1980, and remained so until 2000. As leader he replaced Sverre Krogh, who received decisive support from the Christian Democratic and

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parties—at the time coalition partners with Krogh's Centre Party in

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. Through the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Eng became involved in international work. He was a board member of the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA) from 1984 to 1992, and of the International Council of Environmental Initiatives (ICLES) from 1990 to 1998. In the

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he was a part of the Committee on Regional Problems and Regional Planning from 1980 to 1984, the Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe from 1980 to 2000, the Committee on Environment and Town Planning from 1984 to 1988 and the Standing Committee from 1989 to 1992. He was also involved in the

Norwegian Lutheran Mission The Norwegian Lutheran Mission (''Norsk Luthersk Misjonssamband'' in Norwegian; NLM) is one of several independent Lutheran organisations based in Norway. History The organization was founded in 1891 as Det Norske Lutherske Kinamisjonsforbund ( ...

and the local parish council. He also held many other memberships in municipal and regional boards and committees, as well as in local enterprises. He lived in

Skudeneshavn (also known as Skudeneshamn or simply Skudenes) is a town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy at the entrance to the Boknafjorden and Karmsundet strait. The town is ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eng, Jakob 1937 births 2022 deaths Norwegian bankers BI Norwegian Business School alumni Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Rogaland Deputy members of the Storting Council of Europe people People from Karmøy Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Norwegian politicians