Tom Thoresen

Norwegian politician

Tom Thoresen (born 16 May 1947 in Glemmen) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1977, and was re-elected on five occasions.

On the local level Thoresen was a member of Fredrikstad city council from 1971 to 1987.

Outside politics he graduated as candidatus philologiae in 1974 and worked one year as a high school teacher. From 1983 to 1987 he was deputy leader of the now-defunct government agency Likestillingsrådet. In 2002 he was appointed director of Statens Medieforvaltning, which was merged with other institutions in 2005 to become the Norwegian Media Authority. Thoresen continued as director.

References

"Tom Thoresen" (in Norwegian). Storting.

Preceded by

position created

Director of the Norwegian Media Authority
2005–present

Incumbent

Labour Party

Leadership

Leaders	Andersen Jensen Knudsen Jeppesen Gjøsteen Berg Jeppesen Meyer Knudsen Hornsrud Nissen Knudsen Kyrre Grepp Stang Torp Gerhardsen Bratteli Steen Brundtland Jagland Stoltenberg Støre
Party Secretaries	Nilssen Tranmæl Gerhardsen Bratteli Lie Bye Leveraas Jagland D.T. Andersen Torsvik Kolberg Johansen Stenseng
Parliamentary leaders	Eriksen Knudsen Eriksen Knudsen Buen Hornsrud Scheflo Madsen Støstad Madsen Nygaardsvold Støstad Magnus Nilssen Madsen Monsen Støstad Torp Gerhardsen Hønsvald Bratteli Hansen Bratteli Nordli Bratteli Brundtland Førde Brundtland Berge Borgen Jagland Thoresen Jagland Stoltenberg Solberg Stoltenberg Solberg Pedersen