Kolbjørn Almlid
Norwegian businessperson and politician (born 1945)
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Kolbjørn Almlid (born 2 June 1945) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Centre Party.
Kolbjørn Almlid | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
He hails from Verran Municipality.[1] From 1989 to 1990, during Syse's Cabinet, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag during the term 1989–1993. From 1991 to 1995 he was county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag.[2] Outside politics, he was a director in the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund, later named Innovation Norway following a merger.[3]
Almlid has chaired the Central Norway Regional Health Authority from 2006 to 2012,[1][4] and Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk,[3] and was a board member of Vinmonopolet from 1998 to 2000.[2] In 2011 he became chair of Statnett.[5]
He is the father of business executive and former newspaper editor Ole Erik Almlid.[6]
