Helge Bjørnsen (born 17 September 1954) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was born in

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as a son of presiding judge Sverre Bjørnsen and translator Hilde Braun. He took his primary and secondary education in Oslo,

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and

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, and attended Skjeberg Folk High School from 1970 to 1971. From 1979 to 1982 he attended Diakonhjemmet University College. Before 1982 he led a local chapter of the Socialist Left Party in

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. He led the chapter in Stange from 1982, and served as a member of Stange

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from 1987 to 2003. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged int ...

during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005, and met during 143 days of parliamentary session.

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1954 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Hedmark politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub