Hårek Elvenes (born 17 June 1959 in

Sortland or is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sortland. Other population centres in Sortland include Bø, Holand, Holmstad, ...

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) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

and finished the science branch of Sortland Upper Secondary School in 1978. He was graduated from the Army Engineering College in 1981 and held a diploma in civil engineering. He was an officer in the

Norwegian Army The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway ...

(Brigaden i Nord-Norge/Brigade of North-Norway in the engineering company) until 1984. From 1984 to 1987 he worked in Aker Entreprenør. He graduated with a siv.øk. degree from the

Norwegian School of Management BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff of ...

in 1991, and took an MBA at the

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in 2005. He worked in Veidekke from 1996 to 2005, and is since 2007 the director of Forsvarsbygg Nord-Norge. He lives at Fossum. He was first elected to

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

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in 1995, and chaired his local party chapter from 2000 to 2004. 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 the Conservative Party (Høyre) Akershus during the term 2005–2009 and during the term 2009–2013. From 1 to 17 October 2005, he met in Parliament for

Jan Petersen Jan Petersen (born 11 June 1946, in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Petersen was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy re ...

as the Parliament convened before the

second cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of ...

withdrew.

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1959 births Living people People from Sortland Norwegian Army personnel Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Bærum politicians BI Norwegian Business School alumni Norwegian School of Economics alumni 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub