Per Sandberg - Political Career

Political Career

Sandberg modestly started his career in the Progress Party after contesting the municipal elections of 1987 as a mere "list fill". He has later held numerous political offices. He was a member of the Nord-Trøndelag county council from 1995 to 1997, until being elected MP for the same county from 1997 to 2005. Since 2005 he has been an MP for the neighbouring county of Sør-Trøndelag. He has been vice leader of the Progress Party since 2006, and since 2009 the Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice.

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