Sigmund Kroslid (born 11 October 1947) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party, best known for being the mayor of Flekkefjord for fourteen years.

Career

He was born in Flekkefjord as a son of David Kroslid and Mathilde Heskestad. The family, which had its roots in

Gyland Gyland is a village in the municipality of Flekkefjord in Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northeastern part of Flekkefjord along the river Gylandselva, just a short distance north of the lake Kumlevollvatnet. The Sørlandet Line runs ...

, moved to

Lista Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipa ...

when Kroslid was three years old. After finishing secondary education in Farsund in 1967, he worked one year as an electrician's apprentice in the Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk factory. He then spent three years at Stavanger Technical School, and then returned to Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk where he has spent the rest of his professional career. Since 1997 he has been the market director of the company. However, he did not work full-time during his time as mayor. Kroslid became involved in politics as leader of the local

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branch in 1972. From 1975 to 1976 he chaired the regional chapter in

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

. Kroslid was then a member of the Flekkefjord

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from 1975 to 2007, serving as deputy mayor from 1990 to 1991 and mayor from 1987 to 1989 and 1995 to 2007. He stepped down ahead of the Norwegian local elections in 2007 to spend more time with his family, and to resume his career at Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk. Nationally, he served as a deputy representative to the

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from his county Vest-Agder for four terms, from 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. He has also been a deputy member of the Vest-Agder

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. He has been a board member and

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of the local branches of the Norwegian State Food Authority and the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. For the latter organization he was a member of the national board from 1999 to 2003. He has also been involved in several local companies and bodies, and since late 2005 he is the chair of Agder Energi. One of his first actions as chair was to hire

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as the new

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in February 2006; however Rynning-Tønnesen changed his mind in early June and went to Norske Skog.

Personal life

Kroslid is married and has three children; the two oldest are twins. He is an active adherent of

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, a denomination with slightly more than 11,000 followers in Norway. He has been a member of the central committee of the Methodist Church in Norway, as well as the union of Methodist churches in Northern Europe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kroslid, Sigmund 1947 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Vest-Agder Norwegian Methodists People from Farsund People from Flekkefjord