Gunnar Viken

Not to be confused with Gunnar Vikene.

Gunnar Viken
County mayor of Nord-Trøndelag
In office 17 October 2007 – 2015
Preceded by	Erik Bartnes
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-09) 9 July 1948 (age 76) Mosvik Municipality, Norway
Political party	Conservative Party
Residence	Mosvik
Profession	Dairy farmer

Gunnar Johannes Viken (born 9 July 1948 in Levanger) is a Norwegian dairy farmer and politician for the Conservative Party. Since 2007 he has been county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality.

Viken has been a member of the Nord-Trøndelag County Council since 1999 and a deputy member of the Storting since 2013. Prior to his election as county mayor in 2007, he chaired the Conservative Party group in the county council for 4 years and the county agricultural board for 12 years.^[1][2] He entered politics as a member of the municipal council of Mosvik Municipality in the early 1980s. Viken did not seek his party's renomination to the county council in 2015.^[3]

Raised on a family farm in Mosvik Municipality, he passed the National Driving Teacher School and managed a driving school in Levanger Municipality from 1976 to 1982. Since 1982 he has been a dairy farmer and forester in Mosvik Municipality.^[2]

References

1. "Høyres Gunnar Viken blir ny fylkesordfører". Namdalsavisa (in Norwegian). 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
2. Arntsen, Håkon (9 September 2008). "Gunnar Viken 60". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). p. 39.
3. Rossing, Sivert (13 June 2014). "Klart for store utskiftinger i fylkespolitikken". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). pp. 10–11.

Political offices
Preceded by Erik Bartnes	County mayor of Nord-Trøndelag 2007–2015	Succeeded by Pål Sæther Eiden