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. For the 2001 election he ran as the top candidate for the Østfold List, but was unsuccessful. He later joined the Democrats, and ran as the party's top candidate in Østfold in 2005, again unsuccessfully. Before the

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, Stang joined the Swedish political party

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to help it in the electoral campaign in Strømstad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stang, Jorn L. 1959 births Living people Members of the Storting Progress Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Sarpsborg