Tore Onshuus Sandvik (born 31 August 1969) is a

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. Between 2003 and 2023, he served as the Chairman of the County Council of Sør-Trøndelag until 2018, and

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until 2023.

Political career

Youth league

As a young adult, Sandvik served as the County Youth Secretary in the

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and later Vice President of ETUC Youth.

State Secretary

In 2001 he was appointed State Secretary of the

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. He was re-appointed in November 2023 following his departure as chairman of the county council.

Chairman of the Trøndelag County Council

Before he was elected County Mayor in 2003 he also worked as a project director for Extend. He was reelected in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 elections. When Nord and Sør-Trøndelag merged in 2018, he continued as county mayor for the new county before winning another term in the 2019 local elections. In 2022, Sandvik announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2023 local elections. The Trøndelag Labour Party chose Per Olav Skurdal Hopsø as their candidate for county mayor. After the 2023 local elections, Labour's coalition partner the Centre Party joined the conservative block in order to get the county mayor position, thereby putting an end to Sandvik's term. He was succeeded by Tomas Iver Hallem on 23 October 2023.

Personal life

Sandvik grew up in the borough of Kolstad in

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References

1969 births Living people Politicians from Trondheim Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians Sør-Trøndelag politicians Chairmen of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub