Thor Lillehovde (born 3 April 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Ringsaker as a son of forest labourer Sigmund Lillehovde (1920–1989) and housewife Gerd Elvsveen (1921–). His education ended with vocational school in 1966, and he was subsequently hired by Standard telefon og kabelfabrikk. From 1969 to 1991 he worked in the company Hymas which produced

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s. Lillehovde became a board member of

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Labour Party in 1977, serving six years. He later served on the board of Hedmark Labour Party from 1986 to 1990. He was elected as a deputy member of Ringsaker municipal council in 1979, and then as a regular member in 1983. In 1987 he was re-elected and became deputy mayor, and then served as mayor from 1991 to 2007. He has served as a deputy representative to the

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from Hedmark during the terms 1997–2001, 2009–2013 and 2013–2017. Lillehovde has chaired Nybygda IL from 1986 to 1988 and been a board member of

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since 2007. He has chaired

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from 1996 to 2002 and been a board member of Hamarregionen Energiverk (1996–2002),

Hamar og Omegn Boligbyggelag Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest ...

(2000–2004),

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(2002–2007) and Coop Innlandet (2007–).

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1948 births Living people People from Ringsaker Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Hedmark 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub