Kjell Erfjord (born 24 July 1940) is a Norwegian former educator and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Hjelmeland as a son of Bernt Erfjord (1898–1981) and Karen Hagen (1905–1990). He was educated in Årdal and

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

before attending the Norwegian College of Teaching from 1966 to 1970. He worked as a teacher at Lundheim Folk High School from 1963 to 1970, and headmaster from 1970 to 1985 and 1995 to 1999. He became involved in politics, and was a member of

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

municipal council from 1971 to 2007, serving as deputy mayor from 1975 to 1979 and mayor from 1981 to 1991 and 1999 to 2007. 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 ...

county council from 1983 to 1995, serving as deputy county mayor () from 1985. He has chaired the local party chapter several times, chaired the county chapter from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the national board during the same period. He also served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway 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

during the terms 1981–1985, 1985–1989 and 1989–1993. In total, he met during 205 days of parliamentary session. Erfjord was a member of the county school board from 1979 to 1987. He was the deputy chair of ''Norges Kristelige Folkehøgskolelag'' from 1981 to 1985, and chaired ''Folkehøgskolerådet'' from 1983 to 1985. He is a Christian, and was a national board member 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, ...

from 1993 to 1999, serving as deputy leader since 1996. In 2008 he tried to become board chairman of the Norwegian Missionary Society, but at the organization's national convention he lost the vote 188–369 to

Kari Sørheim Kari Sørheim (born 12 October 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. In total she ...

. In 2007 he was awarded the

HM The King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

in gold.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Erfjord, Kjell 1940 births Living people People from Hjelmeland Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Rogaland Heads of schools in Norway Norwegian Lutherans Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold