Kari Sørheim (born 12 October 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. She served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. In total she met during 36 days of parliamentary session. On the local level she has been a member of

Masfjorden Masfjorden is a municipality in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The municipality is located in the Nordhordland district of the county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Masfjordnes. Other villages in ...

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. Among her policies to attract residents to her remote municipality was to subsidize the

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for youth. In 2007 she became deputy mayor. In 2008 she was elected president of the

Norwegian Missionary Society The Norwegian Missionary Society or the Norwegian Mission Society ( no, Det Norske Misjonsselskap, NMS) is the first and oldest missionary organization in Norway. It was started by a group of approximately 180 Stavanger residents in August 1842, ...

(NMS), winning a vote against

Kjell Erfjord Kjell Erfjord (born 24 July 1940) is a Norway, Norwegian former educator and politician for the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Hjelmeland as a son of Bernt Erfjord (1898–1981) and Karen Hagen (19 ...

at the national convention. She became the second female president of NMS.

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1948 births Living people People from Masfjorden Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Hordaland politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian Lutherans {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub