Oskar Jarle Grimstad | |
Constituency Mp1: | Møre og Romsdal |
Term Start1: | 14 September 2009 |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1954 |
Birth Place: | Hareid, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Party: | Progress Party |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Lillian Grimstad |
Children: | Two |
Profession: | Director |
Oskar Jarle Grimstad (born 8 November 1954) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party (FrP) for Møre og Romsdal. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.[1]
Grimstad was a member of the Progress Party's central board between 1999 and 2008. Grimstad was deputy mayor of Hareid between 1999 and 2003, and then a member of the Møre og Romsdal county council between 2003 and 2009.[1] He was successfully nominated for the Storting in second place on FrP's Møre og Romsdal ballot ahead of the 2009 parliamentary election.
Aside from politics, Grimstad has been a seaman, and a welder. Since 1976 he has been the director of three metalworking firms.[1] Grimstad is married and has two adult daughters.[2] Grimstad's youngest daughter Kamilla (17) died in a disastrous fire shortly before Christmas 2008.[3]