Jone Blikra
Jone Blikra | |
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| Deputy Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Deputising for | Terje Aasland (2022–) |
| Constituency | Telemark |
| Mayor of Kragerø | |
| In office 22 October 2015 – 17 October 2019 | |
| Deputy | Charlotte Therkelsen |
| Preceded by | Kåre Preben Hegland |
| Succeeded by | Grunde Knudsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1962 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Labour |
| Occupation | Police officer Politician |
Jone Blikra (born 11 October 1962) is a Norwegian police officer and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the Storting from Telemark from 2021, he has met as deputy for Terje Aasland since 2022.
Personal life
[edit]Blikra was born on 11 October 1962, a son of Kristoffer Blikra and Margit Lillemo and hails from Kragerø.[1]
Political career
[edit]Local politics
[edit]Blikra was a member of the municipal council of Kragerø from 1999, and served as mayor of Kragerø from 2015 to 2019.[2] He took over from Kåre Preben Hegland from the Conservative Party.[3] Following the 2019 local elections, he was succeded by Grunde Knudsen from the Centre Party.[4]
Parliament
[edit]He was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Telemark at the 2021 election. He was re-elected in 2025. He has deputised for Terje Aasland since March 2022 while Aasland was government minister. In the Storting, Blikra was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications from 2022.[1][5]
Civic career
[edit]Blikra is police officer by education and worked in the police from 1985 to 2019.[2] From 1992 to 1993 he served as police for the United Nations Protection Force.[2]
He chaired the Telemark chapter of the Norwegian Police Federation from 1999 to 2006.[2] From 2012 to 2014 he held the position of lensmann (leader of a rural police district) in Drangedal.[2]
Blikra previously chaired the board of Teater Ibsen, a theatre based in Skien.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Blikra, Jone (1962-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Tvedt, Knut Are. "Jone Blikra". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Roste forgjengeren" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Her er det nye formannskapet og lederne i hovedutvalgene". Kragerø Blad Vestmar (in Norwegian Bokmål). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Stortingsrepresentantene 2025–2029". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Nilsen, Espen Solberg (31 December 2014). "Lurer du på hvordan det er å være lensmann Drangedal?". ta.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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