Arve Toft is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 trade unionist.

A certified mechanic

Mechanic

A mechanic is a craftsman or technician who uses tools to build or repair machinery.Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field such as auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, motorcycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, general mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics , air conditioning and...

 and scaffolder, he was employed by Kværner

Kværner

Kværner was a Norway-based engineering and construction services company in existence between 1853 and 2005 when it was merged with Aker ASA. The Kværner name was used in the subsidiary Aker Kværner until April 3, 2008 when it changed name to Aker Solutions. Kværner re-emerged on 6...

 (now: Aker Solutions) in 1983. In 2007 he was elected to represent the employees on the board of directors at Aker Solutions. Formerly, he had been a full-time local union representative at Aker Stord.

He is a member of the United Federation of Trade Unions

United Federation of Trade Unions

The United Federation of Trade Unions is a trade union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in Norway.It is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions...

 and the Norwegian 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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