Thor-Eirik Gulbrandsen (15 July 1940 – 25 July 2014) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Gulbrandsen was born in

Fjære Fjære is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1846 until 1971. It was located to the north of the town of Grimstad. The name is still used to refer to that area, which is now a part of Gr ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament 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 base ...

from

Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

in 1977, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. During his second term as a deputy, he filled in for

Sonja Aase Ludvigsen Sonja Aase Ludvigsen (7 February 1928 – 12 July 1974) was a Norwegian politician, a member of the Labour Party. Career Ludvigsen was born in Vestby in 1928. After completing her education she did various white-collar jobs before obtaining emp ...

meanwhile she was appointed to the Cabinet, and then replaced her permanently when she died in July 1974. Gulbrandsen was a deputy member of the executive committee of

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm. ...

municipality council during the term 1967–1971, and a member of the council from 1999–2003. In 1999, he was expelled from the Labor Party after he supported a rival candidate for Skedsmo mayor. After he retired from national politics he took on the last name "Gulbrandsen Mykland". He died on 25 July 2014.

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* 1940 births 2014 deaths Akershus politicians Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Grimstad 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub