Geir Arild Espnes

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Geir Arild Espnes (born 23 November 1957) is a Norwegian public health scientist and politician for the Centre Party.

He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag for the terms 2017–2021 and 2021–2025. [1] In 2019 he became mayor of Oppdal Municipality. He stepped down from being a Mayor, wanting to go back to University, after the 2023 Norwegian local elections. [2] [3]

Espnes is a professor of public health science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and leads the Center for Health Promotion Research. [2] [4]

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