Stein Ørnhøi (born 15 November 1935 in

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) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, he was the last party leader of the Socialist People's Party of Norway. Ørnhøi was raised in Trondheim, earned his university entrance certificate in 1954, and graduated from the teacher's college in

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in 1958. He moved to

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, where he started his career as politician as the chair on the school board in

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in 1961. He continued his teaching career until 1961, when he joined the

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as a producer, primarily for children's programming. In 1977, he was elected to

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as a representative from

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. He was re-elected in 1981. During his tenure in parliament, he was a member of the finance committee, the extended foreign affairs and constitutional committee, and the consumer and administration committee, and the protocol committee. Since Ørnhøi left parliament, he moved to Sandøya, an island in

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in southern Norway and has been involved in a number of appointments. He was in the leadership of

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, the central organization opposing Norwegian membership in the

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. He has served on the boards of several corporations including

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, Banque Paribas in Norway, and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He has also been active in historical and cultural affairs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ornhoi, Stein 1935 births Living people Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Aust-Agder politicians Politicians from Trondheim Members of the Storting 1981–1985 Members of the Storting 1977–1981