Oscar Fredrik Torp (help·info) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became acting Minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also Minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed Minister of Defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948.
The Vestfold Line is a 137.79-kilometer (85.62 mi) railway line which runs between Drammen and Eidanger in Norway. The line connects to the Drammen Line at the northern terminus at Drammen Station and continues as the Bratsberg Line past Skien Station. The line is exclusively used for passenger trains, which are provided by the Norwegian State Railways, which connect northwards to Oslo and south-westwards to Grenland. The 13-kilometer (8.1 mi) section from Eidanger to Skien is often colloquially included in the Vestfold Line.The standard gauge line is electrified at 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC and has twelve remaining stations. The Vestfold Line runs through the coastal region of Vestfold and serves major towns including Holmestrand, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik, as well as Sandefjord Airport, Torp.
Terje Riis-Johansen is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party who is serving as County Mayor of Vestfold og Telemark since 2020.
Anne Helen Rui is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Lene Camilla Westgaard-Halle is a Norwegian political scientist from Drammen, and politician for the Conservative Party.
Elsa Skarbøvik is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Svein Flåtten is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Sonja Mandt is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Steinar Gullvåg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Hans Kristian Hogsnes was a Norwegian journalist and politician for 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.
Per Arne Lodding Olsen is a Norwegian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the Progress Party, where he held the position as second deputy leader. He served as the Governor of Vestfold from 2016 to 2019, and is as of 2019 the Governor of Vestfold og Telemark, elected by the King-in-Council. While Vestfold and Telemark merged on 1 January 2020, the office of the Governor was merged a year before, on 1 January 2019. He served as a deputy Member of Parliament to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold from 2001 to 2009. He was the mayor of Tønsberg from 2003 until 2009, when he became a Member of Parliament.
Lars Egeland is a Norwegian librarian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Oscar Douglas Hillgaar is a Norwegian politician formerly representing the Progress Party.
Vestfold County Municipality was until 1 January 2020 the regional governing administration of Vestfold, Norway, before merging with neighbouring Telemark County Municipality to form Vestfold og Telemark County Municipality. The main responsibilities of the county municipality included the running of ten upper secondary schools with 8,500 pupils in addition to Skiringssal Folk High School. It administrated the county roadways, public transport, dental care, culture and cultural heritage. The county council had 39 members, and from 2015 to 2019, Chairman of the County Council was Rune Hogsnes of the Conservative Party. Chief administrative officer was Egil Johansen. The administrative seat was located in Tønsberg.
Færder is a municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. The municipality was established in 2018 by the unification of the former municipalities of Tjøme and Nøtterøy.
Vestfold og Telemark, lit. Vestfold and Telemark in English, is the southernmost county in Eastern Norway that consists of two distinct and separate traditional regions, the former counties of Telemark and most of Vestfold. The county capital is Skien, which is also the county's largest city. While Skien is the capital of the county municipality, the seat of the County Governor is Tønsberg. It borders the counties of Viken, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder.
Local elections were held in Norway on 9 September 2019. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transport, health, and elderly care, and for the levy of certain taxes.
Viken is a county in Eastern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 by the merger of Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold with the addition of three other municipalities.
The People's Action No to More Road Tolls is a political party of Norway. The single-issue party's stance is that road construction should be entirely funded through ordinary taxes and road tolls should be abolished. The party was founded in 2014 in Stavanger as a reaction to the plans to erect a toll ring in Stavanger/Sandnes. Starting off as a people's action, it was reformed as a party and ran in 2015 municipal elections, winning three municipal councilors. It has since its foundation been led by Frode Myrhol.
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