Alf Martin Bjørnø was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was born in Brunlanes

Brunlanes

Brunlanes is a parish and former municipality within Larvik municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.-History:The parish of Brunlagnæs was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Small parts of Brunlanes were moved to Larvik in 1875 and to the neighboring municipality Stavern in 1883,...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold

Vestfold

is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...

 in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions.

On the local level he was a member of Brunlanes

Brunlanes

Brunlanes is a parish and former municipality within Larvik municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.-History:The parish of Brunlagnæs was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Small parts of Brunlanes were moved to Larvik in 1875 and to the neighboring municipality Stavern in 1883,...

 municipal council from 1951 to 1975. From 1963 to 1971 he was also a member of Vestfold county council

County council (Norway)

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. He chaired the local party chapter from 1966 to 1970.

Outside of politics he worked in forestry.