Leiv Blakset (28 December 1928 – 22 May 2005) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher and politician.

Biography

Blakset was born in Herøy to Knut Blakset and Agnes Olivia Bergset. He became a farmer in

Stryn Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of t ...

, educated as agronomist in 1949. He graduated as schoolteacher in Elverum in 1966, thereafter working as teacher in Stryn, and as rector from 1977 to 1995. Taking part in local politics, he was deputy mayor in Stryn from 1973 to 1977, and served as mayor of Stryn from 1977. He was elected representative to the

Storting 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 constituency of Sogn og Fjordane for the period 1985–1989 for the Centre Party.

References

1928 births 2005 deaths People from Nordland People from Herøy, Nordland Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-stub