Nils Amund Røhne (20 April 1949 – 10 January 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Life and career

Røhne was born in

Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Il ...

on 20 April 1949. From 1994 to 1996, during the

third cabinet Brundtland Brundtland's Third Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the H- Sp- KrF Cabinet Syse, and sat between 3 November 1990 and 25 October 1996.Ministry of Administration. From 1996 to 1997, during the cabinet Jagland, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade. He served as a deputy representative to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

during the terms 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. On the local level Røhne was a member of the executive committee of

municipal council from 1983 to 1987, later serving as mayor from 2007. He chaired the county party chapter from 1998 to 2001. Outside politics he has the cand.philol. degree in history, from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

1986. He worked as a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies from 1987 to 1993. From 1997 to 1998 he was a counsellor for the

Research Council of Norway The Research Council (also the Research Council of Norway; ) is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 11,7 billion (2022) annually. The Research ...

, and from 1998 he was director of foreign affairs in Norwegian People's Aid. He died in Stange on 10 January 2022, at the age of 72.

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* 1949 births 2022 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Hedmark Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni University of Oslo alumni People from Stange {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub