Ole-Anton Teigen (born 15 July 1954) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. Born in

Lyngen Lyngen ( se, Ivggu suohkan; fkv, Yykeän komuuni) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other villages include Furuflaten, Lattervika, Nord-Lenang ...

, took his higher education in 1979. He was a member of Lyngen

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from 1991 to 2007, and of

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from 2003 to 2007. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from Troms during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. From 2001 he is also a member of Nord-Hålogaland assize court. From 2007 to 2010 he is the chair of the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union.

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1954 births Living people People from Lyngen Deputy members of the Storting Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Troms politicians University of Tromsø alumni Norwegian farmers {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub