Svein Alsaker (born 11 March 1940 in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1985 until 1993. He was also a County Governor for both

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

and

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 ...

counties. Retrieved 2018-06-24

Personal life

Svein Alsaker was born on 11 March 1940 in the city of

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to Selmar Alsaker and his wife Sigrid Doksæter. In his younger days he was a

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He won the bronze medal at the Norwegian championships in 1961, representing

Fana IL Fana Idrettslag is the biggest multi-sport club in Fana, Bergen, Norway. It has several branches, of which football is the largest. Fana IL was founded on the 3rd of March in 1920 at Stend in Bergen. The different sports There are a broad scal ...

, in a lifetime best result of .

Education and career

He started his political career as chairman of the

Hammerfest Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...

local branch of the Young Conservatives from 1965 to 1966. Upon his return to Bergen, he became the deputy chair of the local

chapter from 1972 to 1974. From 1974 to 1978 and again from 1980 to 1983 he chaired the county party chapter in Hordaland; during these periods he also sat on the national board. By profession Alsaker was a

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, having graduated from the

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with the

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degree in 1964. He has worked as an attorney, lawyer, and judge. He was a member of the board of

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from 1982–1986, the Norwegian State Agriculture Bank from 1994–2000, and Statskog SF from 1999–2005. He was elected as a deputy representative in the

during the terms 1977–1981 and 1981–1985. This meant that he was a "backup" member who only served if needed. From 1983 to 1985 he was needed and he served as a regular representative while

Asbjørn Haugstvedt Asbjørn Haugstvedt (20 November 1926 – 26 June 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was President of the Odelsting 1977–1981 and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1983–1986, as well as minister of Nordic coo ...

was a member of the

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. In the election of 1985, he was elected as a representative for

county. He was re-elected in 1989. Alsaker was also a member of the

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for the

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from 1983 to 1987. He was later appointed to the post of County Governor of Finnmark in 1990, but because he was serving in the Parliament at that time, he did not begin serving until 1993 and two other people filled in as acting county governor. In 1998, he was appointed to be the County Governor of Hordaland. He held that post until his retirement in 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alsaker, Svein 1940 births Living people Politicians from Bergen Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting County governors of Norway University of Oslo alumni Norwegian judges Norwegian male triple jumpers 20th-century Norwegian politicians