Arne Øren (born 29 December 1943) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He graduated from the

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with a cand.mag. degree in 1968, and later took courses which enabled him to be a teacher. He taught in middle schools in

Slemmestad Slemmestad is a village in Røyken in Asker (municipality), Asker municipality in Akershus, Norway. Slemmestad is located on the west bank of the Oslofjord, west of Oslo. History Historically Slemmestad was located on the old highway runn ...

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and

Rolvsøy Rolvsøy is a village, an island, and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It was created by a split from Tune on 1 January 1911. At that time Rolvsøy had a population of 2,381. On 1 January 1994 Rolvsøy was incorporated into th ...

until 1982. He was elected to the

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in 1975. He became deputy mayor from 1980 to 1982, and mayor from 1982 to 1991. He remained a council member until Rolvsøy municipality ceased to exist. Øren instead concentrated on the position of county mayor () of

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

, which he became following the 1991 election. He stepped down ahead of the 2007 election. He is also the chair of

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. He has chaired Østfold Bompengeselskap.

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1943 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Østfold Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway University of Oslo alumni People from Saltdal {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub