Trygve Simonsen (3 September 1937 – 18 April 2011) was a Norwegian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

for the Progress Party.

Career

He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway 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 bas ...

from

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

during the term 1989–1993. In total he met during 55 days of parliamentary session. He was a member of

Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, the most populous town in Centra ...

city council following the

1987 Norwegian local elections Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 13 and 14 September 1987. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. ...

, and was a member of Troms

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...

at the time of his death in 2011. In his working career, he was an engineer, and among others helped build the

Tjeldsund Bridge The Tjeldsund Bridge ( no, Tjeldsundbrua) is a suspension road bridge that crosses the Tjeldsundet strait between the mainland and the island of Hinnøya in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The bridge is long, the main span is , and the maximum ...

References

1937 births 2011 deaths People from Harstad Progress Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Troms politicians Norwegian engineers {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub