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Hans Edvard Askjer

Hans Edvard Askjer is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party (KrF). He was elected to the Storting in the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election.

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Hans Edvard Askjer
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2025
ConstituencyTelemark
Deputy County Mayor of Telemark
In office
13 October 2015 – 31 December 2019
MayorSven Tore Løkslid
Preceded byLise Wiik
Succeeded bynone (Telemark merged into Vestfold og Telemark)
Personal details
Born (1962-02-27) 27 February 1962
PartyChristian Democratic

Hans Edvard Askjer (born 1962) is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party (KrF).1 He was elected to the Storting in the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election.2

Before entering the Storting, Askjer was active in the local politics of Skien city council since 2007,3 and also served as the deputy mayor of Telemark county from 2015 to 2019.4

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  1. NRK (2025-09-09). "Askjer inne på utjevningsmandat". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. Nordahl, Fredrik (2025-09-08). "På vei inn på Stortinget: - Jeg må jo hjem til hun her". Varden (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  3. "Biografi: Askjer, Hans Edvard". Stortinget (in Norwegian). 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  4. Knudsen, Sjur Øverås (2015-11-11). "Askjer trekker seg fra alle politiske verv". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-12-08.