Kjetil Bjørklund (born 18 March 1967 in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of 2018, the population of the town of Lillehammer was 28 034. The city centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Before Oslo's withdrawal from consideration, it was included as part of a bid to host events in the 2022 Winter Olympics if Oslo were to win the rights to hold the Games.
The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a democratic socialist political party in Norway.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. During the second cabinet Stoltenberg, Bjørklund was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of the Environment, a post he left after three months.
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On the local level Bjørklund was a deputy member of Nordre Land municipality council from 1991 to 2003. He chaired the local party chapter from 1999 to 2001.
Nordre Land is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka.
He has been active in the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature.
The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature, also known as Friends of the Earth Norway and is one of the largest Norwegian environmental organisations with approximately 24,000 members. The organisation is based on a volunteer work among the members, constituting work both at local and national levels. Norges Naturvernforbund works within a large range of environmental areas. The organisation is affiliated with Friends of the Earth, and member of INFORSE-Europe.
