Political Career
On the local level, Asmhyr was elected to the municipal council for Sørum in 1995, on which he served until 2005. First elected to the Akershus county council in 1995, he served until 2003. He was first elected to the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, for Akershus in 2005, and was reelected in 2009. In the autumn of 2010 he served as the pro tempore Vice-speaker of the Storting for five weeks. During the run-up to the 2013 parliamentary elections, Asmyhr announced that he would not seek reelection.
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