Jone Blikra (born 11 October 1962) is a Norwegian police officer and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

from 2021, he has met as deputy for

Terje Aasland Terje Aasland (born 15 February 1965, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. He has served as minister of petroleum and energy since 2022. He has also been an MP for Telemark (Storting constituency), Tele ...

since 2022.

Personal life, education and civic career

Blikra was born on 11 October 1962, a son of Kristoffer Blikra and Margit Lillemo. He hails from

Kragerø Kragerø () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. ...

and is police officer by education, working in the police since 1985. From 1992 to 1993 he served as police for the

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. He chaired the Telemark chapter of the

Norwegian Police Federation The Norwegian Police Federation ( no, Politiets Fellesforbund) is the trade union which organizes employees from all levels within the police force. The federation is a member of the Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway and the Europe ...

from 1999 to 2006. From 2012 to 2014 he held the position of

lensmann in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in Nordic history. The Icelandic equivalent was a . Fief-holder The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royal fief in Denmark ...

(leader of a rural police district) in

Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established ...

Political career

Local politics

Blikra was a member of the municipal council of Kragerø from 1999, and served as mayor of Kragerø from 2015 to 2019.

Parliament

He was elected deputy representative to the

from the constituency of

for the period 2021–2025, for the Labour Party. He replaces

at the Storting from March 2022 while Aasland is government minister. In the Storting, Blikra is a member of 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 2022.

Other

Blikra previously chaired the board of

Teater Ibsen Teater Ibsen (from 1975 to 1991 Telemark Teater) is a theatre in Skien in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. The theatre was established in 1975 as Telemark Teater, and changed its name to Teater Ibsen in 1991. The theatre serves as regional theatre fo ...

, a theatre based in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

References

1962 births Living people People from Kragerø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub