Martin Johannes Toralf Buvik | |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1923 |
Birth Place: | Skånland, Norway |
Death Place: | Tromsø, Norway |
Citizenship: | Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Profession: | Politician |
Office: | Governor of Troms |
Term Start: | 1977 |
Term End: | 1990 |
Predecessor: | Kristian Even Haug |
Successor: | Leif Arne Heløe |
Martin Johannes Toralf Buvik (14 January 1923 - 17 February 2018)[1] [2] was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Buvik was a teacher in Skånland Municipality and Evenes Municipality from 1942 until 1947. After this, he worked for the Conservative Party in Troms county. Later, he was a member of the municipal council for Tromsøysund Municipality from 1955 to 1963. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, representing Troms county in 1965, and was re-elected on two occasions, serving from 1965 until 1977. In 1977, he was appointed to be the County Governor of Troms county, a position he held until 1990. He was also the chairman of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate from 1977 until 1989.[3]