Ivar Egeberg
{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1950)}}
File:Ivar Egeberg.jpgIvar Egeberg (born 11 March 1950) is a Norwegian sports official, retired athlete and politician for the Centre Party.
Career
He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the term 1989–1993. Between 1997 and 1998, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture.{{stortingetbio|IVEG}} On the local level, he was elected to Sørum municipal council in 1983, and later became deputy mayor during the periods 1987–1991 and 1999–present, and mayor during the term 1995–1999. In 2006 he was hired as secretary general of the Centre Party.{{cite news|url=http://www.senterpartiet.no/article27133.html|title=Ivar Egeberg ny generalsekretær i Senterpartiet|date=8 March 2006|language=Norwegian|accessdate=26 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195005/http://www.senterpartiet.no/article27133.html|archive-date=13 June 2011|url-status=dead}} He left in September 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/olsen-blir-ny-generalsekretaer-i-senterpartiet-3126380.html|title=Olsen blir ny generalsekretær i Senterpartiet|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=3 February 2010|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 May 2011}}
Outside politics he was the secretary-general of the Norwegian Trotting Association (1985–1988), the Norwegian Football Association (1988–1996) and the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (1998–2004). He has also been involved in the Bislett Games.
Awards
As an active athlete he won the silver medal at the national marathon championships in 1979, behind Jan Fjærestad, and a bronze medal in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's marathon|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=10 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203431/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm|archivedate=30 September 2007}} He represented the sports club IL i BUL. His personal best marathon time was 2:17:03 hours, achieved in September 1979 in Drammen.{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/MMARATON.htm|title=Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=10 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509110558/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/MMARATON.htm|archivedate=9 May 2012}} He also chaired the club from 1985 to 1986.{{cite book|title="Og byen er vår bror...". Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo 1899-1989|language=Norwegian|page=280}}
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Category:Members of the Storting
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