Asmund Kristoffersen (born 5 November 1944 in

Flakstad Municipality Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of the island group Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg. Other villages include Fredvang, Napp, Nusfjord ...

) is a retired Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

in 1993 and has since been re-elected on three occasions. On the local level he was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

for Tingvoll Municipality from 1979 to 1991 and the Møre og Romsdal county council from 1983 to 1993. Before becoming a full-time politician, he spent several years in the Norwegian education system: first as a teacher, later as a principal at two different schools, and then as the head of the school administration in Tingvoll Municipality.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristoffersen, Asmund 1944 births Living people Members of the Storting Møre og Romsdal politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Volda University College alumni 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Flakstad