Kjell Gotfred Bohlin (27 September 1928 – 17 June 2011) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Røros Røros ( sma, Plaassja, ) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The min ...

. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from

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in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative from 1969 to 1973. On the local level Bohlin was deputy mayor of

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municipality from 1963 to 1970, and then mayor from 1971 to 1981. He returned as a municipality council member from 2003 to 2007. From 1967 to 1981 he was also involved in county politics in Telemark, serving as deputy county mayor from 1975 to 1981. His political career ended with the position of County Governor of Telemark, which he held from 1989 to 1998, having been appointed in 1987. Outside politics he was a journalist in ''

Arbeidets Rett ''Arbeidets Rett'' is a local newspaper published in Røros, Norway. History and profile ''Arbeidets Rett'' was first published as ''Mauren'' on 16 January 1907, but has been published under the current name since 4 January 1912. The newspaper is ...

'' from 1948 to 1949 but spent the majority of his career as a

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bureaucrat. He died in June 2011 in Langesund.

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1928 births 2011 deaths People from Røros People from Bamble Norwegian newspaper editors Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Telemark County governors of Norway 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub