Nils Tore Føreland (born 26 July 1957) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He 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 Telemark during the terms 1981–1985, 1985–1989 and 1993–1997. In total he met during 19 days of parliamentary session. On the local level Føreland served as mayor of Drangedal from 2003 to 2011, having formerly been a member of Telemark county council for eight years. He combined the position as mayor with a job at an

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in the North Sea. He has been a deputy board member of the

Norwegian State Housing Bank The Norwegian State Housing Bank ( no, Husbanken) is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the housing politics in Norway. The main tool for the bank is mortgages in newly constructed houses. About half of all houses after World War I ...

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1957 births Living people People from Drangedal Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub