Thorbjørn Lie (17 December 1943 – 19 November 2006) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party. He was born in

Lardal Lardal () is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of ''Laurdal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ...

, but later settled in Førde. As a businessperson Lie is notable for founding the helicopter company

Airlift An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distanc ...

in 1987. For a period he was the chief executive officer of the company.Thorbjørn Lie
(in Norwegian) at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia He has also been chairman and co-owner of Helilift. Lie became a member of

Sogndal Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages i ...

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in 2003. He later 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 Sogn og Fjordane during the term 2005–2009, but died only one year into the term.

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1943 births 2006 deaths Norwegian company founders Deputy members of the Storting Progress Party (Norway) politicians Sogn og Fjordane politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub