Hans Fredrik Grøvan Explained

Term Start:29 January 2019
Term End:30 September 2021
Deputy:Geir Jørgen Bekkevold
Leader:Kjell Ingolf Ropstad
Predecessor:Knut Arild Hareide
Successor:Olaug Bollestad
Office2:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start2:1 October 2013
Term End2:30 September 2021
Constituency2:Vest-Agder
Office3:Mayor of Lyngdal
Term Start3:18 October 1995
Term End3:17 October 2007
Predecessor3:Anders Nøkland
Successor3:Ingunn Foss
Birth Date:1 November 1953
Birth Place:Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Party:Christian Democratic
Nationality:Norwegian

Hans Fredrik Grøvan (born 1 November 1953) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the party’s parliamentary leader from 2019 to 2021.

Career

Parliament

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 2013.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 2001 - 2005.

On 29 January 2019, Grøvan was appointed the party’s parliamentary leader after Knut Arild Hareide resigned from the position.[1]

Grøvan ran for re-election for the 2021 election, but lost the nomination to Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius in November 2020. The party went on to lose five seats in Parliament in the election on 13 September 2021.[2] [3]

Local politics

On the local level he was the mayor of Lyngdal from 1995 to 2007. He was chairman of the board of Agder Energi to 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hareide trekker seg som parlamentarisk leder for KrF . Aftenposten . 29 January 2019 . 15 September 2021 . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Grøvan mistet siste sjanse – Lossius vant nominasjonsdramaet . . 26 November 2020 . 15 September 2021 . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Tidligere Hareide-rådgiver: Dette valget er KrFs død . VG . 15 September 2021 . 15 September 2021 . Norwegian.