Kristian Asdahl was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

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He was born in Nes

Nes, Akershus

Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes.-Name:...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions.

He spent his professional career as a business leader and CEO in Årnes

Årnes

Årnes is the administrative centre of Nes municipality, Akershus, Norway.Its population is 3,140. Årnes is located in the nort-east of Akershus along Glomma , and is the largest municipality in Nes Kommune...

, Jørpeland

Jørpeland

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 and Oslo

Oslo

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, and later settled in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

. He had no less than 77 positions in boards of companies and non-governmental organizations.