Bjørg Kirsten Sandal (born 2 March 1955) is a Norwegian director and politician for the Labour Party. She is from

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, and a sister of fellow politician Reidar Sandal. A

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by education, she was hired to the

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in Norway in 1987. During the

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, Sandal was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She held the position until after the 2001 elections, which caused the cabinet to fall. In 2002, she became director of communications of the

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. She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from

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during the term 2005–2009.

References

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Bjørg Sandal
at the NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia
1955 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Rogaland politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub