Gunnar Viken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gunnar Viken

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Levanger, Trøndelag, Norway

Profession: politician, farmer, driving instructor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gunnar Johannes Viken (born 9 July 1948 in Levanger) is a Norwegian dairy farmer and politician for the Conservative Party.
Since 2007 he has been county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality. Viken has been a member of the Nord-Trøndelag County Council since 1999 and a deputy member of the Storting since 2013.
Prior to his election as county mayor in 2007, he chaired the Conservative Party group in the county council for 4 years and the county agricultural board for 12 years.
He entered politics as a member of the municipal council of Mosvik in the early 1980s.
Viken did not seek his party's renomination to the county council in 2015.Raised on a family farm in Mosvik, he passed the National Driving Teacher School and managed a driving school in Levanger from 1976 to 1982.
Since 1982 he has been a dairy farmer and forester in Mosvik.