Nils T. Bjørke (born 9 March 1959) is a Norwegian farmer, organisational leader and politician. A former leader of the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and ...

, he was elected to the Storting for Hordaland in

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Career

Born in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ...

in 1959, Bjørke is running his own farm in Voss. From 2009 to 2014 he chaired the

, having led the local chapter Hordaland Bondelag from 2000 to 2006. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Centre Party, from the constituency of

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

. He served as the fourth vice president of the Storting from 2017 to 2021, as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. Following the 2021 election, he was appointed second Vice President of the Storting after

Eva Kristin Hansen Eva Kristin Hansen (born 5 March 1973 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She briefly served as the President of the Storting from October to November 2021. She has also served as an MP for South Trøndelag since 2005. ...

took over as president.

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1959 births Living people People from Voss Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Hordaland politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub