Nationality Norwegian Role Norwegian Politician | Occupation Factory worker Name Morten Johansen | |
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Morten orsal johansen tale fredag frp s landsmote 2017
Morten Ørsal Johansen (born 11 September 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Contents
- Morten orsal johansen tale fredag frp s landsmote 2017
- Early life and career
- Political career
- References
Early life and career
Johansen was born in Sunndal. His father was a photographer and his mother a pay secretary. He attended school in Raufoss, in his future parliamentary constituency of Oppland. He graduated from secondary school there in 1983 with diplomas in arts and sciences. He worked for Raufoss Ammunition as a factory worker from 1984 to 1994 before being promoted to supervisor in the latter year. He continued to work in this capacity until 2000. In 2002, he received a Master of Arts degree from Gjøvik University College.
Political career
He had been a member of Vestre Toten municipal council since 1993 and of the executive committee from 1995 to 2011. He was a county councillor in Oppland from 1999 to 2009. From 1999, he was the head of Progress Party in Oppland.
He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 for Oppland and serves on the Standing Committee on Justice.
