Åge Ramberg (28 September 1921, in

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– 24 August 1991) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He worked as a teacher, having graduated as cand.real. from the

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in 1948 and spent the first year as a teacher in

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. He was taught and was involved in local politics in

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from 1951 to 1959, Sandar from 1963 to 1967 and

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from 1967 to 1973—teaching at Sandefjord Upper Secondary School from 1959 to 1985. He chaired Vestfold Christian Democratic Party from 1982 to 1986. He was elected to the

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from

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in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions, serving until 1989. After chairing the Standing Committee on Administration in his middle term, his last term was spent as secretary of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and member of the

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. He was a

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. In 1994, his son Per Ramberg became mayor of Sandefjord, with another son Ivar Ramberg becoming deputy mayor.

References

1921 births 1991 deaths Vestfold politicians Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians People from Sandefjord Politicians from Larvik University of Oslo alumni Norwegian Pentecostals Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1977–1981 Members of the Storting 1973–1977 {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub