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Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka

Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka

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Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka (born 4 October 1939) is a Norwegian transport researcher, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Vadsø.[1] He has his education from the Norwegian School of Management, the Institute of Transport Economics and the University of Tromsø and has worked as a researcher at Molde University College.[2] He has also edited the newspaper Finnmark Tidende and been chief executive of Fiskeindustriens Landsforening.[1]

In politics, he was a central committee member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives and secretary for the Conservative Party in Finnmark.[1] From 1981 to 1983 he was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, as a part of Willoch's First Cabinet.[3]

He resides in Tromsø.[2] He contributed to the failed 2018 Winter Olympic bid for Tromsø.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka 60 år 4. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 September 1999.
  2. [2]
    "70 år 4. oktober: Partner og bedriftsrådgiver Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 September 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. State Secretary". Government.no. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. [4]
    Olaussen, Leif-Morten (24 October 2006). "De skal sikre Tromsø OL". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 38.



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