Fredric Holen Bjørdal (born 9 March 1990) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected 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

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...

in 2013. Bjørdal is born and grew up in

Ørsta is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta. Other villages in the municipality include Hovdebygda, Flåskje ...

. He has worked at health and care institutionsFredric Holen Bjørdal
TV2. Retrieved 11 September 2013 and has studies administration at

Volda University College Volda University College ( no, Høgskulen i Volda or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in the town of Volda, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was establishe ...

and psychology at

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. He was elected to the

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in Ørsta in 2007 and reelected in 2011. He left when being elected He chaired the Møre og Romsdal Workers' Youth League from 2009 to 2010 and was a member of the central committee of Workers' Youth League from 2010 to 2012. Bjørdal is a survivor of the 2011 Utøya massacre.

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(8 September 2013)
Utoya massacre survivors fear right-wing surge ahead of Norway election
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''. Retrieved 11 September 2011

References

1990 births Living people People from Ørsta Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Møre og Romsdal politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians Survivors of the 2011 Norway attacks {{Norway-politician-1990s-stub