Magnus Stangeland (born 17 March 1941 in Austevoll) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament 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 ...

in 1985, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1981–1985. Stangeland was a member of Austevoll

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from 1971 to 1983, serving as

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in the periods 1975–1979 and 1979–1981. From 1981 to 1983 he was also a member of Hordaland

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. In a lower court, he had been sentenced to 60 days in prison on charges of fraud. In 2011,

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acquitted him on charges of fraud. He was ordered to pay Norwegian kroner 100,000 for court costs. ''

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'' has appealed for the case to be tried by the Supreme Court.

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* 1941 births Living people Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hordaland Centre Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Austevoll {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub