Erlend Larsen
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Erlend Larsen (born 13 October 1965) is a Norwegian pilot, non-fiction writer, and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor in Stokke from 2011, and has been a representative of the constituency of Vestfold to the Storting since 2017.
Personal life
Larsen was born in Stokke on 13 October 1965,{{cite encyclopedia|title=Erlend Larsen |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |authorlink=Knut Are Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Erlend_Larsen |language=no |access-date=7 October 2021}} a son of carpenter Einar Larsen and gardener Jofrid Olga Larsen.{{cite web |title=Larsen, Erlend |website=stortinget.no |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=ERLL |language=no |access-date=7 October 2021 }}
Career
Larsen worked as a pilot from 1994 to 2011. He has also written several non-fiction books, including books related to flying. From 2011 to 2016 he was mayor in Stokke.
He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Conservative Party, and re-elected for the period 2021–2025.
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Category:Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Mayors of places in Vestfold
Category:Members of the Storting 2017–2021
Category:Members of the Storting 2021–2025
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