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Sigbjørn Eriksen (21 March 1936 – 30 October 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.


Life and career

Eriksen was a member of 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 ...
of
Rana Municipality or is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in R ...
from 1964 to 1975, serving as deputy mayor from 1972 to 1975. From 1964 to 1995 he was a member of
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, from 1972 to 1975 serving as deputy county mayor, and from 1984 to 1995 serving as county mayor. In 1996 he started working with the relations between Nordland County Municipality and
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. He has been a board member of Nordlandskraft, and interim board chairman of Barents Institute. He resides in Bodø. Eriksen died on 30 October 2021, at the age of 85.


References

1936 births 2021 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Nordland politicians Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub