Torstein Rudihagen (born 14 August 1952 in

Sør-Fron Sør-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hundorp. Other villages in the municipality include Gålå, Ha ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In his early career, he worked as a teacher. He began his political career in the municipality council of Sør-Fron, to which he was elected in 1983. He later became

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

, a seat he filled from 1991 to 1997. On 3 March 1995 he was appointed State Secretary in the

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

, under the

Brundtland's Third Cabinet Brundtland's Third Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the H- Sp- KrF Cabinet Syse, and sat between 3 November 1990 and 25 October 1996.Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland (born Thorbjørn Johansen; , 5 November 1950) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. He served as the 32nd prime minister of Norway from ...

formed a new government, Rudihagen retained his job as State Secretary. However, he lost the job when the cabinet fell in 1997. In the election of 1997, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway from his home county of

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. He has been re-elected on two occasions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudihagen, Torstein 1952 births Living people People from Sør-Fron Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Oppland Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians