Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Other villages include Forstranda, Lekanger, Mevik, Mårnes, Nygårdsjøen, Saura, Storvika, Sør-Arnøy, Sørfinnset, and Våg.
Bø is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straume. In addition to this, Bø municipality consists of several other villages including Steine and Vinje, Gimstad, Fjærvoll, Straumsjøen, Skårvågen, Søberg, Malnes/ Eidet, Guvåg, Hovden, Klakksjorda, Nykvåg, Utskor, Ringstad and Vågen. The area named Bø in Bø municipality is the place where Bø Church is located.
Øksnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the large island of Langøya, which is a part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Myre. Other villages in Øksnes include Alsvåg, Barkestad, Breidstrand, Nyksund, Strengelvåg, and Stø.
Inge Ryan is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. From 2009 to 2017, he was County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag. Ryan was mayor of Namsskogan from 1991 to 1995, and was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 2001 to 2009, the last four years as his party's parliamentary leader.
Åsa Elvik is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 2001.
Alf Ivar Samuelsen was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Hill-Marta Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. During her career, she was a parliamentary representative for Nordland county from 1993-2009. She was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs for three years and then was the County Governor of Nordland county for nearly ten years. She retired on 15 November 2018.
Langenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality, which existed from 1919 until 1964, encompassed the western shore of the Gavlfjorden in what is now Øksnes Municipality. It is located on the northern end of the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The administrative centre was in the village of Stø, just east of the Langenes Church in the northern part of the municipality.
Harry Danielsen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party, later independent.
Kirsti Bergstø is a Norwegian politician serving as the leader of the Socialist Left Party since March 2023. She previously served as one of the party's deputy leaders from 2017 to 2023.
Geir-Ketil Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Odd With was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the County Governor of Nordland county from 1983 until 1991 and he was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1973 to 1985.
Kjersti Markusson is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Rolf Ketil Bjørn was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
The 2005 Sámi parliamentary election was held in Norway on September 12, 2005. Voters elected 43 members for the Sámi Parliament of Norway.
Ellen Christine Christiansen is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party and formerly the Progress Party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 2013 to elect all 169 members of the unicameral Storting. The centre-right coalition obtained 96 seats, while the incumbent red–green coalition government obtained 72 seats and the Green Party obtained one. The Labour Party won the largest share (30.8%) of the votes cast, with the Conservatives coming second (26.8%), after increasing its share by 9.6 percentage points.
Tone-Helen Toften is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Finn Knutsen was a Norwegian politician.
Karianne Bråthen is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as a deputy member of the Storting from Nordland since 2021. She previously served as mayor of Øksnes from 2015 to 2019.
