Gard Folkvord (born 10 January 1969 in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative 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

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. He was a regular representative from 1996 to 1997 and 2000 to 2001, covering for Ranveig Frøiland and Grete Knudsen who were appointed to the cabinet Jagland and

first cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as ...

respectively. On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of Odda municipality council from 1991 to 2003. In 2007 he returned to local politics to become mayor.

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1969 births Living people Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Hordaland People from Odda 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub