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Andreas M. Lervik

Norwegian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ4755528
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Andreas M. Lervik (born 28 November 1969) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. (He was then a member of the Socialist Left Party.)

He was a member of Sarpsborg municipal council 1995-2003 and of Østfold county council since 1999.

He has had many different positions, and he is currently chair of the Østfold county councils committee for Commerce, Trade and Culture.

He is also Deputy Chair of the Labour party's county council group.

Lervik has been working with international questions for several years and is currently Vice President for North Sea Commission.

References

"Andreas M. Lervik" (in Norwegian). Storting.

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The public source identifies “Andreas M. Lervik” as norwegian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Andreas, Lervik and Norwegian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 2001, 2005, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-11-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Andreas, Lervik and Norwegian providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4755528. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 2001, 2005 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from Andreas M. Lervik” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.