Nils T. Bjørke | |
Office: | Second Vice President of the Storting |
Term Start: | 9 October 2021 |
President: | Eva Kristin Hansen Masud Gharahkhani |
Predecessor: | Morten Wold |
Office2: | Fourth Vice President of the Storting |
Term Start2: | 7 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 30 September 2021 |
President2: | Olemic Thommessen Tone W. Trøen |
Predecessor2: | Ingjerd Schou |
Successor2: | Sverre Myrli |
Office3: | Member of the Storting |
Term Start3: | 1 October 2017 |
Constituency3: | Hordaland |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1959 |
Birth Place: | Voss, Hordaland, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Party: | Centre |
Occupation: | Politician |
Nils T. Bjørke (born 9 March 1959) is a Norwegian farmer, organisational leader and politician. A former leader of the Norwegian Agrarian Association, he was elected to the Storting for Hordaland in 2017.
Born in Voss in 1959, Bjørke is running his own farm in Voss. From 2009 to 2014 he chaired the Norwegian Agrarian Association, having led the local chapter Hordaland Bondelag from 2000 to 2006.[1] He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017 - 2021 for the Centre Party, from the constituency of Hordaland. He served as the fourth vice president of the Storting from 2017 to 2021, as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.[2]
Following the 2021 election, he was appointed second Vice President of the Storting after Eva Kristin Hansen took over as president.[3]