Ingebrigt S. Sørfonn
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Ingebrigt S. Sørfonn is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician representing the Christian People's Party
Christian People's Party (Norway)
The Christian Democratic Party , is a Christian Democratic Norwegian political party founded in 1933. The Norwegian name literally translates to Christian People's Party...

. He is currently a representative of 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...

 in the Storting and was first elected in 1997
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997
A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. Before the election, Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party, issued the 36.9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained...

. Sørfonn was the Mayor of Fitjar from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1986 to 1987.

Sørfonn is the current leader of the lobby group Israels Venner på Stortinget
Israels Venner på Stortinget
Friends of Israel in the Parliament of Norway is a pro-Israel caucus group consisting of members of the Parliament of Norway.-History:In 1974 the group constituted a majority in the Parliament of Norway for the first time, with 86 members among the 150 parliamentary representatives. All political...

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Storting committees

  • 2005–2009 member of the Business committee.
  • 2001–2005 second deputy leader of the Finance committee.
  • 2001–2005 member of the Extended Foreign Affairs committee.
  • 2005–2009 member of the Finance committee.
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