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is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta. Other villages in the municipality include Hovdebygda, Flåskjer, Liadal, Urke, Barstadvik, Åmdalen, Follestaddalen, Nordre Vartdal, Vartdal, Sæbø, Sætre, Store-Standal, and Ytre Standal.
was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the prime minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. Syse was the president of the Lagting 1993–1997. Syse was the president of the Nordic Council in 1988 and 1993. He served in the Norwegian parliament for over 25 years until his sudden death from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1997.
Carl Joachim Hambro was a Norwegian journalist, author and leading politician representing the Conservative Party. A ten-term member of the Parliament of Norway, Hambro served as President of the Parliament for 20 of his 38 years in the legislature. He was actively engaged in international affairs, including work with the League of Nations (1939–1940), delegate to the UN General Assembly (1945–1956) and member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1940–1963).
Gunnar Edvard Heckscher was a prominent Swedish political scientist, academic, and conservative politician. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1934 and soon became a docent in political science at Uppsala University. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he lectured in political science at both Uppsala University and Stockholm University College. He later held significant roles at the Stockholm School of Social Work, where he became rector in 1945 and professor of political science by 1948. In 1961, Heckscher became chairman of the National Organization of the Swedish Conservative Party, serving until 1965, and was a member of Sweden's Lower House of the Riksdag, representing the Right Party, where he advocated for Sweden's membership in the European Community.
Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Edvard Isak Hambro was a Norwegian legal scholar, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was the 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly (1970–1971).
Bjartmar Alv Gjerde was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Petroleum and Energy. He was later the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and director of the government agency Aetat.
Arnfinn Severin Roald was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Lars Tokstad Sem Platou was a Norwegian electrical engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament, was the deputy leader of his party from 1972 to 1978. After his political career he became chair of Vinmonopolet.
Guttorm Hansen was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He started his career as a mechanic, but after 1945 he was a journalist and editor of magazines and newspapers. Via local politics in his native Namsos he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1961, serving six terms in total. He was the President of the Storting for two of these terms, from 1973 to 1981. He was also known as a prolific book writer, many of his books having a direct connection to his political life.
Finn Moe was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Labour Party.
Finn Øen was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Party. He was a member of Parliament from 1950 to 1953 and chief executive of Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap from 1934 to 1972.
Leif Frode Onarheim was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
Ola Thorleif Ruud was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party.
Ebba Lodden, née Sjuve was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. She was the first female County Governor in Norway.
Erland Asdahl was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.
Hakon Lunde was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Omar Anton Pedersen Gjesteby was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.
Kaare Melhuus was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.