Bjørn Ole Gleditsch (born 13 January 1963) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. Since 2003 he is the mayor of

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

. Before this he served several terms in the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

.Conservative Party biography
Gleditsch is the richest mayor of any municipality of Norway. The grandson of Odd Gleditsch, he is an heir of the paint company Jotun. Through shareholding, he has a fortune of NOK 480 million, approximately 86.9 million U.S. dollars. He is also a member of the board of Sandefjord Airport, Torp.

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1963 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Vestfold Norwegian businesspeople People from Sandefjord {{norway-business-bio-stub