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Oskar Jarle Grimstad
Grimstad in 2009
Member of Parliament for Møre og Romsdal
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 September 2009
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-08) 8 November 1954 (age 70) Hareid, Norway
Political party	Progress Party
Spouse	Lillian Grimstad
Children	2
Occupation	Politician

Oskar Jarle Grimstad (born 8 November 1954) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party (FrP) for Møre og Romsdal. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.

Grimstad was a member of the Progress Party's central board between 1999 and 2008. Grimstad was deputy mayor of Hareid between 1999 and 2003, and then a member of the Møre og Romsdal county council between 2003 and 2009. He was successfully nominated for the Storting in second place on FrP's Møre og Romsdal ballot ahead of the 2009 parliamentary election.

Aside from politics, Grimstad has been a seaman, and a welder. Since 1976, he has been the director of three metalworking firms. Grimstad is married and has two daughters. Grimstad's youngest daughter Kamilla (17) died in a fire shortly before Christmas 2008.

References

1. ^ "Biografi:Grimstad, Oskar J." (in Norwegian). Stortinget. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
2. "Oskar Jarle Grimstad" (in Norwegian). TV2 nyhetene. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
3. "- Hele familiens solstråle". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

• 1954 births
• Living people
• Progress Party (Norway) politicians
• People from Hareid
• Møre og Romsdal politicians
• Members of the Storting 2009–2013
• Members of the Storting 2013–2017