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, and a sister of fellow politician Reidar Sandal. A cand.mag. by education, she was hired to the

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in Norway in 1987. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Sandal was appointed State Secretary in the

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. She held the position until after the 2001 elections, which caused the cabinet to fall. In 2002, she became director of communications of the

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. She served in the position of deputy representative to the

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from

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during the term 2005–2009.

References

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Bjørg Sandal
at the NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia
1955 births Living people Deputy members of the Storting Rogaland politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub