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Ronny Berg (born 16 April 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Finnmark during the term 2013 2017. In total he met during 7 days of parliamentary session. From 2015 to 2017 he served in Solberg's Cabinet as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. [1] He was also the deputy mayor of Alta Municipality. [2]

On 31 August 2019, two of Berg's relatives, those being his son Kevin Berg, and his niece Kine Johnsen, died in a helicopter crash in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality. [3] [4] In 2022, he criticised the operator Helitrans' practice of letting pilots gain experience with sightseeing tours. [5]

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References

  1. "Ronny Berg" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. "- Må vinne Alta". 28 January 2013.
  3. Rostad, Ida Louise (4 September 2019). "Helikopterulykken i Alta". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  4. Dahl, Carl Alfred (1 September 2019). "De omkomne etter ulykken i Alta er hentet ut". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  5. Føleide, Anita; Kråkenes, Christian; Horn, Knut-Sverre (23 March 2022). "– Kynisk å fly med folk om bord for å trene pilotene". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).