Olaf Michael "Olemic" Thommessen (born 18 April 1956 in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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and the

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from 2013 until 2018.Olemic Thommessen elected to chair the Storting (Norway's Parliament)
/ref> On 8 March 2018, he announced that he would step down due to controversies surrounding a building project for a new entrance to the garage for Stortinget. The project saw the initial budget ballooning and questionable decisions taken and Thommessen acknowledged his overall responsibility and said he would step down. He was elected to the

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from

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in 2001, and was re-elected on four occasions. He didn’t seek re-election in 2021. He previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1993–1997. Thommessen was a member of

municipality council from 1987 to 1995.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thommessen, Olemic 1956 births Living people Politicians from Lillehammer Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class