Tore O. Sandvik
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Tore Onshuus Sandvik | |
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Chairman of the County Council of Trøndelag | |
In office 1 January 2018 – 18 October 2023 | |
Deputy | Tomas Iver Hallem |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Tomas Iver Hallem |
Chairman of the County Council of Sør-Trøndelag | |
In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Arnt Frøseth |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway | 31 August 1969
Political party | Labour |
Tore Onshuus Sandvik (born 31 August 1969) is a Norwegian politician. Between 2003 and 2023, he served as the Chairman of the County Council of Sør-Trøndelag until 2018, and Trøndelag until 2023.[1]
Political career
[edit]Youth league
[edit]As a young adult, Sandvik served as the County Youth Secretary in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and later Vice President of ETUC Youth.
State Secretary
[edit]In 2001 he was appointed State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. He was re-appointed in November 2023 following his departure as chairman of the county council.[2] On 23 August, he was appointed acting minister of climate and the environment when Andreas Bjelland Eriksen went on paternal leave.[3]
Chairman of the Trøndelag County Council
[edit]Before he was elected County Mayor in 2003 he also worked as a project director for Extend. He was reelected in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 elections. When Nord and Sør-Trøndelag merged in 2018, he continued as county mayor for the new county before winning another term in the 2019 local elections.[4] In 2022, Sandvik announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2023 local elections. The Trøndelag Labour Party chose Per Olav Skurdal Hopsø as their candidate for county mayor.[5]
After the 2023 local elections, Labour's coalition partner the Centre Party joined the conservative block in order to get the county mayor position, thereby putting an end to Sandvik's term.[6] He was succeeded by Tomas Iver Hallem on 18 October 2023.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Sandvik grew up in the borough of Kolstad in Trondheim.
References
[edit]- ^ "- Vil ikke hjelpe på prisen". 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Tore O. Sandvik konstitueres som statssekretær for næringsministeren" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Tore O. Sandvik blir midlertidig klimaminister: – Overrasket" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Nå er Tore O. Sandvik fylkesordfører i hele Trøndelag" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Trønderbladet. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Melhusbygg kan bli fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). Trønderbladet. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Senterpartiet forlater venstresiden: Stor skuffelse i Arbeiderpartiet" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Hallem valgt til fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). NRK Trøndelag. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.