Øyvind Vaksdal (born 19 October 1955 in

Kopervik Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was also an independent municipa ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament 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 Rogaland in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1993–1997. Vaksdal was a member of

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on ...

municipality council from 1983 to 1987 and 1991 to 2007. From 1995 to 1997 he was also a member of Rogaland county council.

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