Roger Gudmundseth
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Roger Gudmundseth is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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He was born in Ålesund
as a son of shipmaster Randulv Gudmundseth (1906–1972) and housewife Jenny Rasmussen (1910-1989). He worked as a fisher from 1954 to 1957, before attending commerce school and insurance school. He worked in Samvirke forsikring from 1963 to 1973, in Fiskernes gjensidige ulykkestrygdelag from 1973 to 1981 and as an office manager in Norges Fiskarlag from 1979 to 1981.
On the local level he was a deputy member of Ålesund city council from 1967 to 1970 and of the executive committee of Stjørdal
municipal council from 1975 to 1979. He chaired the local party chapter from 1979 to 1982. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag
in 1981, and was re-elected on three occasions, his last term ending in 1997. Among others, he became known for a suggestion to replace Norway's 19 counties
with 5 administrative regions.
Gudmundseth was a board member of Norges Fiskarlags Pensjonskasse 1979-1983, and was also involved in his trade union Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices and the Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organisation. He now lives in Ålesund. He is the father of Merethe Storødegård
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Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
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He was born in Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
as a son of shipmaster Randulv Gudmundseth (1906–1972) and housewife Jenny Rasmussen (1910-1989). He worked as a fisher from 1954 to 1957, before attending commerce school and insurance school. He worked in Samvirke forsikring from 1963 to 1973, in Fiskernes gjensidige ulykkestrygdelag from 1973 to 1981 and as an office manager in Norges Fiskarlag from 1979 to 1981.
On the local level he was a deputy member of Ålesund city council from 1967 to 1970 and of the executive committee of Stjørdal
Stjørdal
is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen...
municipal council from 1975 to 1979. He chaired the local party chapter from 1979 to 1982. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
in 1981, and was re-elected on three occasions, his last term ending in 1997. Among others, he became known for a suggestion to replace Norway's 19 counties
Counties of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...
with 5 administrative regions.
Gudmundseth was a board member of Norges Fiskarlags Pensjonskasse 1979-1983, and was also involved in his trade union Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices and the Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organisation. He now lives in Ålesund. He is the father of Merethe Storødegård
Merethe Storødegård
Merethe Gudmundseth Storødegård is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.From 1 January 2004 she was the director of the Trøndelag chapter of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, succeeding Otto Gregussen. Between 1997 and 2003 she was the county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag County...
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