Sigurd Kalheim
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Sigurd Kalheim was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and the Liberal People's Party.

Kalheim, who belonged to Telemark
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

, was never elected directly to the Parliament of Norway but served as a deputy representative in the period 1969–1973. During this term he was brought in as a replacement representative for Hallvard Eika
Hallvard Eika
Hallvard Eika was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his first term he served twice in different cabinets. On 21 August 1970 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture during the...

, who was appointed to the Cabinet at that time. In December 1972, Jakobsen joined the Liberal People's Party which split from the Liberal Party over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community
European Economic Community
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. Kalheim sat through that term, but like most of the Liberal People's Party politicians he failed to be elected in the 1973 general election.

On the local level Kalheim was a member of the executive committee of Skien
Skien
' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

 city council during the terms 1967–1971, 1971–1975 and 1975-1979.

Outside of politics he graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1951. He was director of Skien Sparebank from 1964 to 1988.
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