Bård Ludvig Thorheim
Bård Ludvig Thorheim | |
|---|---|
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| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Nordland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1976 Bodø, Nordland, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician Diplomat Researcher |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Norway |
| Branch/service |  Norwegian Army |
| Years of service | 1995–1996 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
Bård Ludvig Thorheim (born 15 October 1976) is a Norwegian politician, researcher and former diplomat from the Conservative Party. He has been a member of parliament for Nordland since 2021.
Political career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Thorheim served as the vice chair of the Students' League of the Conservative Party between 1997 and 1999, while concurrently serving as the co-editor of the Dialog journal, which was later merged with Minerva.[1]
Solberg government
[edit]Thorheim served as a political advisor to the foreign ministers Børge Brende and Ine Eriksen Søreide between 2016 and 2019 during the government of Erna Solberg.[1]
Parliament
[edit]He was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Nordland at the 2021 election.[2][3][4]
In parliament, he currently sits on the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment and the Election Committee.[2]
Diplomatic career
[edit]Thorheim worked within diplomacy between 2005 and 2016. He began as a trainee at the Department of Security Policy and the High North at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 2008. For the next two years, he worked as the first secretary at the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka before moving to the same position at the embassy in Washington, D.C.. Ater two years in Washington D. C., he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as an advisor at the Section for Peace and Reconciliation until 2015. That year he became the head of the Foreign Service Response Centre, a position he held until he was appointed advisor to the foreign minister in 2016.[1]
Civic career
[edit]Aside from his diplomatic career, Thorheim has also been a guest researcher at the High North Centre at Nord University.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Education
[edit]He has a graduate degree in political science and attended the Norwegian Defence University College between 1999 and 2000. As a part of his national service in the Norwegian Army, he also undertook army sergeant training in 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Former political advisor Bård Ludvig Thorheim (Conservative Party)". government.no. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Thorheim, Bård Ludvig (1976-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Stortingsrepresentantene 2021–2025". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Lysvold, Susanne Skjåstad; Rørstad, Ole Marius; Johansen, Bente H; Johansen, John Inge (15 September 2021). "Disse ni skal kjempe Nordlands sak på Stortinget de neste fire årene". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Bård Ludvig Thorheim" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Høyre. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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