Odd Omland (born 29 January 1956) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is

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(

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) for

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

County since

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where he is a member of the

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.Stortinget: Odd Omland. Biografi.
Omland was

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of Kvinesdal Municipality from 2003 to 2013. In local elections in 2007, he was re-elected with over 67% of the votes in the direct mayor election in the municipality where he has been municipal representative since 1980. At the 2009 general election was the Council for Labour's second candidate from Vest-Agder, and he thus became the party's first deputy.

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1956 births Living people People from Kvinesdal Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Mayors of places in Vest-Agder Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-mayor-stub