Inge Myrvoll is a Norwegian

Norway

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 politician for the Socialist Left Party

Socialist Left Party (Norway)

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 and trade unionist from Rana

Rana, Norway

Rana is the second largest municipality in Nordland county – and the third largest in North Norway – by population. By area, Rana is largest in Norway south of Finnmark , taking in large areas of mountains and forested valleys. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region...

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Myrvoll graduated from secondary school in 1968. He had various jobs in the construction industry until 1972, when he became a student. From 1975 he worked as a slaughter until 1978, when he started working at Norsk Jernverk

Norsk Jernverk

Norsk Jernverk is a former Norwegian industrial company which was founded in 1946 in Mo i Rana, fully owned by the State of Norway. The production started in 1955. In 1985 it acquired the steel company Christiania Spigerverk, which was later again sold out as a separate company...

. He was a full-time trade unionist from 1983 to 1988. In 1989

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1989

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, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway, and was re-elected on two occasions. While in parliament, he sat on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

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. From 2001 to 2005, he sat as a deputy member. Myrvoll was mayor of Rana from 2003 to 2007, and has been deputy mayor since 2009.