Rolf Ketil Bjørn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rolf Ketil Bjørn

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1938

Place of Birth: Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono, Northern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 24-Nov-2008

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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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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