Inge Bjarne Storebø was a Norwegian politician

Politician

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 for the Conservative Party, and mayor of Austevoll

Austevoll

Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in the district of Midthordland in the county of Hordaland in Western Norway, Norway. Austevoll was separated from Sund on 1 January 1886....

 from 1989 to 2001. He was the son of Rikard Storebø, who served as mayor of Austevoll for the Liberal Party from 1960 to 1969.

Background

Storebø was born and grew up in Austevoll, an island municipality south-west of Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

. He held an artium from Bergen Handelsgymnasium

Bergen Handelsgymnasium

Bergen Handelsgymnasium is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Established in 1904, it is one of the oldest gymnasia in the country. Its architect was Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, a nephew of the novelist Alexander Kielland....

 and a degree in business economics from the Norwegian School of Management

Norwegian School of Management

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Political career

He entered politics as the main candidate for the local conservative party in 1987. His party won the election and joined a coalition with the Christian Democratic Party. Storebø served as deputy mayor the first half of his four-year term (1987-1989), before he was elected mayor by the municipal council in 1989. He was the main candidate for the Conservative Party in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He held the office as mayor until his death in 2001.

He was recognised as a prominent mayor from Western Norway. The county governor in Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 wrote in Storebø's obituary that

He was one of the most significant mayors in Hordaland, and he was a reason for the good cooperation between the municipal and county level in Hordaland.

Death

On February 4, 2001 the home of Storebø caught fire. Storebø managed to notify the fire department, before reentering the building to try to put the fire out himself. As the fire spread he did not manage to escape, and his body was found the next day. The death of cause was suffocation. He was survived by his wife and their six children.