Rolf Ketil Bjørn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono, Northern Norway, Norway
About Rolf Ketil Bjørn
- Rolf Ketil Bjørn (18 January 1938 – 24 November 2008) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Socialist Left Party. Bjørn was born in Kåfjord as the son of director Rolf Bjørn (1906–2000) and housewife Mariane Malvik (1908–1993).
- He finished his secondary education in 1957, and eventually enrolled at the Norwegian School of Management.
- He worked in the private company Gustaf Aspelin from 1964 to 1962, and in the family business Ric Bjørn from 1964 to 1989.
- Despite his social background in the petite bourgeoisie, he became a member of left-wing political groups.
- For this, he earned the nickname "the red millionaire".
- From 1959 to 1964 he was a member of the secretariat of the Young Communist League of Norway, having chaired the local branch in Tromsø from 1952 to 1957.
- From 1966 he held local leadership in the Socialist People's Party, which later became the Socialist Left Party.
- He opposed Norwegian membership in the European Union and NATO.
- Nonetheless, he did favor cooperation with the social democratic Labour Party, both locally as well as in the national Red-Green Coalition.He was elected to serve in Tromsø municipal council in 1987.
- Halfway through the term, in 1989, he was elected to represent Troms in the Norwegian Parliament.
- He was re-elected in 1993 for a second, but final term.
- After this he served more terms in the municipal council.
- He finally retired in 2007.Bjørn was married, and had three children.
- He died in November 2008, at the University Hospital of North Norway, of cancer.
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