Thor-Eirik Gulbrandsen is 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 elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 in 1977, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. During his second term as a deputy, he filled in for Sonja Aase Ludvigsen

Sonja Aase Ludvigsen

Sonja Aase Ludvigsen was a Norwegian politician, a member of the Labour Party.-Career:Ludvigsen was born in Vestby in 1928. After completing her education she did various white-collar jobs before obtaining employment with Vestby municipality where she was a tax adjuster from 1958 to 1965...

 meanwhile she was appointed to the Cabinet, and then replaced her permanently when she died in July 1974.

Gulbrandsen was a deputy member of the executive committee of Skedsmo

Skedsmo

Skedsmo is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lives in Lillestrøm. Other important towns are Skedsmokorset, Skjetten and...

municipality council during the term 1967–1971, and a member of the council from 1999–2003.