Håvard Alstadheim (24 May 1936 – 7 September 1998) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the

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. He was born in Stjørdal, and took the cand.oecon. degree. He was appointed as a

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at the University of Trondheim in 1975, and was promoted to professor. He retired in 1993 to become director of agriculture in Sør-Trøndelag County Municipality. He was a State Secretary in the

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from 1972 to 1973, during

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. He was the mayor of Stjørdal from 1980 to 1985, then deputy mayor from 1986 to 1987 before serving as deputy county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1988 to 1991. He chaired his party from 1990 to 1992, after having been deputy leader from 1986 to 1990. He was a candidate for the Parliament of Norway numerous times without being elected; in 1965 (fifth candidate in

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

(seventh candidate, Nord-Trøndelag) and

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(third candidate, Nord-Trøndelag).

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1936 births 1998 deaths People from Stjørdal Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Mayors of places in Nord-Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian economists {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub