Knut Werner Hansen

Knut Werner Hansen
County Mayor of Troms
In office
18 October 2011 – 28 October 2019
DeputyChristine Bertheussen Killie
Irene Dahl
Cabinet ChairPia Svendsgaard
Line Fusdahl
Cecilie Myrseth
Willy Ørnebakk
Preceded byTerje Olsen
Succeeded byIvar B. Prestbakmo (Troms og Finnmark county)
Personal details
Born (1951-11-22) 22 November 1951 (age 72)
Political partyLabour

Knut Werner Hansen (born 22 November 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Troms between 1997 and 2009. In total he met during 1 year and 46 days of parliamentary session.[1]

He was born in Skjervøy Municipality.[1] He was a member of the municipal council of Karlsøy Municipality. Following the 2011 local elections, he was elected county mayor of Troms and thereby also the Troms County Municipality, with the Conservatives' Christine Bertheussen Killie as deputy.[2] He was re-elected following the 2015 local elections, this time with the Liberals' Irene Dahl as deputy.[3] Following the decision to merge Troms and Finnmark counties and the 2019 local elections, Ivar B. Prestbakmo was elected as county mayor of the new county.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Knut Werner Hansen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ "Fylkesordfører Knut Werner Hansen mottar kjedet" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Flickr. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fylkestinget i Troms 2015-2019" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Flickr. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Prestbakmo valgt til fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.