Per Sandberg (born 6 February 1960) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries from December 2015 to August 2018. Sandberg has been a member of the Norwegian parliament since 1997 (since 2005 from the Sør-Trøndelag constituency, and before that from Nord-Trøndelag), and served as chair of the parliamentary standing committees on Justice, and Transport and Communications. He has additionally held the position of first deputy leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2018. In 1997 he was convicted of assault and battery of an asylum seeker. His status as a convicted felon has made him controversial in Norwegian politics.
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6 February 1960 (age 65) Levanger, Norway
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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