Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka (born 4 October 1939) is a Norwegian transport researcher, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Vadsø Municipality.[1] He has his education from the Norwegian School of Management, the Institute of Transport Economics and the University of Tromsø and has worked as a researcher at Molde University College.[2] He has also edited the newspaper Finnmark Tidende and been chief executive of Fiskeindustriens Landsforening.[1]
In politics, he was a central committee member of the Norwegian Young Conservatives and secretary for the Conservative Party in Finnmark.[1] From 1981 to 1983 he was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, as a part of Willoch's First Cabinet.[3]
He resides in Tromsø.[2] He contributed to the failed 2018 Winter Olympic bid for Tromsø.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka 60 år 4. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 September 1999.
- ^ a b "70 år 4. oktober: Partner og bedriftsrådgiver Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. State Secretary". Government.no. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ Olaussen, Leif-Morten (24 October 2006). "De skal sikre Tromsø OL". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 38.
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