Roger Ryberg

Roger Ryberg

Roger Ryberg (born 16 April 1952) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Following the 2007 election, Ryberg became the new county mayor (fylkesordfører) of Buskerud. Behind him was a coalition of the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party,^[1] who kept the right-wing candidate Mette Lund Stake at bay with 22 versus 21 votes in the county council. Before being elected county mayor, Ryberg had been mayor of Hurum municipality.^[2] He also served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud during the term 1989–1993.^[3]

He resides at Filtvet.

References

1. Hansen, Roy (20 September 2007). "Roger Ryberg ny fylkesordfører". Eikernytt (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 February 2009.
2. Kommandantvold, Maria (9 October 2007). "Roger Ryberg ny fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
3. "Roger Ryberg" (in Norwegian). Storting.