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Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen (born 11 December 1985) is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the Storting from Finnmark since 2021, he has met as deputy for Marianne Sivertsen Næss since 2024. He has also served as mayor of Lebesby Municipality since 2019.

Personal life

Rafaelsen was born in Sør-Varanger Municipality on 11 December 1985. He is of Sámi origin and is one of three sons of former Sør-Varanger mayor Rune Rafaelsen and Inger Blix Kvammen.

He is currently in a relationship with Sigrid Ina Simonsen, the regional director of NHO Arctic. They both respectively have two children from previous relationships. Currently they're scheduled to marry in the summer of 2024.

Political career

Local politics

An inhabitant of Kjøllefjord, Rafaelsen has been a member of the municipal council of Lebesby Municipality since 2015, and served as mayor from 2019, with Kristin Johnsen as deputy mayor. The duo were re-elected at the 2023 local elections despite Labour's significant losses in Northern Norway.

He was elected leader of the Finnmark Labour Party in April 2024, succeeding former mayor of Nordkapp Municipality, Kristina Hansen, who had announced in January that she wouldn't seek re-election.

Parliament

Rafaelsen was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Finnmark at the 2021 election. He has been deputising for Marianne Sivertsen Næss from April 2024 while she is serving in government.

Civic career

Rafaelsen is a teacher by profession. He worked as a teacher at the school in Kjøllefjord between 2010 and 2015 before becoming the manager at Coop Kjøllefjord SA. He also holds a bachelor's degree in state science and has a year course in German from the University of Tromsø.

He has also chaired the interest organisations Naturressurskommunene and Landssammenslutningen av vindkraftskommuner since June and August 2023 respectively.

References

1. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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3. "Kjerkols fall banet vei for Støres «wonderboy»" (in Norwegian Bokmål). TV 2. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
4. "Møteprotokoll - møte i kommunestyret den 24.10.2019" (PDF) (in Norwegian Bokmål). Lebesby kommune. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
5. "Sigurd Rafaelsen ble gjenvalgt som ordfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Radio Nordkapp. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
6. "Kristina Hansen går av som leder av Finnmark Arbeiderparti: – Viktig å slippe unge krefter til" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
7. "Vindkraftordføreren får i oppgave å samle Finnmark Ap" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
8. "Rafaelsen, Sigurd Kvammen (1985-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
9. "Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen til Agenda Nord-Norge 2023 - Kunnskapsbanken" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Kunnskapsbanken for Nord-Norge. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
10. "Vindkraftskommunene har fått ny hærfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Europower. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
11. "Lebesby-ordfører valgt til ny leder for Naturressurskommuene" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Altinget. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

• 1985 births
• Living people
• People from Sør-Varanger
• Mayors of places in Finnmark
• Labour Party (Norway) politicians
• Members of the Storting 2021–2025