John S. Tveit (18 December 1931 – 6 September 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Life and career

John S. Tveit was born in

Tysvær Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the Haugalandet region. The municipality is located on the Haugalandet peninsula on the northern side of the Boknafjorden, just east of the towns of Kopervik and Haugesund. Th ...

on 18 December 1931, as a son of carpenter and

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Guttorm Oliver Tveit (1895–1977) and housewife Serine Thuestad (1908–2004). He took secondary education, and worked as an office clerk in the regional center,

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 ...

, from 1949 to 1954. He then moved back to Tysvær, operating his own company ''Tysvær Handel'' from 1955 to 1973. From 1974 to 1979 he worked with administration and secretary tasks for the municipality. By that time he was involved in politics. He was a member of Tysvær

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

from 1959 to 1964, and then served as mayor from 1967 to 1971. He chaired the local party chapter from 1965 to 1967. From 1967 to 1983 he was also 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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, serving the last four years, from 1979 to 1983, as county mayor (). He also served as a deputy representative to the

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from

during the terms 1969–1973, 1973–1977 and 1977–1981. He was then elected to a regular seat in the 1985 election, and re-elected in

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. He chaired the Standing Committee on Local Government and the Environment for his first term, then he chaired the

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications ( no, Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to transport, postal services, telecommunications, electr ...

. From 1985 to 1987 he was the second deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party. After leaving national politics, Tveit returned as director of commerce in Tysvær municipality from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of the county school board from 1976 to 1979, deputy chair of the local savings bank from 1974 to 1979, board member of Rogalandsforskning from 1976 to 1979,

Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap AS (DSD) is a private Norwegian transport and shipping company, established in 1855 with headquarters in Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway. The company operates internationally through its subsidiary companies DSD Shipp ...

from 1981 to 1986 and

Haugaland Kraft Haugaland Kraft is a Norwegian power company formed in 1998 as a merger between Haugesund Energi and Karmsund Kraftlag. Haugaland Kraft is owned by the municipalities of Karmøy, Haugesund, Tysvær, Vindafjord, Bokn, Sveio and Utsira. The compan ...

from 1998 to 2000. He was a member of ''Regionplanrådet for Nord-Rogaland'' from 1968 to 1976, and then chaired it from 1976 to 1984. Denominationally, he was a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

. He lived in

Tysværvåg Tysvær or Tysværvåg is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the small Tysværvågen bay, about off of the European route E39 highway. The nearby village of Susort lies about sout ...

. Tveit died on 6 September 2022, at the age of 90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tveit, John 1931 births 2022 deaths People from Tysvær Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Rogaland Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Norwegian Pentecostals 20th-century Norwegian politicians