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Kjell Magne Bondevik ([çɛlː mɑŋnə bunːəviːk] ( listen); born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician (Christian Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party Prime Minister since World War II. Currently, he is President of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights.
On 31 October 2006 he published his memoir, called Et liv i spenning (A life of excitement and tension).
Bondevik was born in Molde, Norway. He became a theological candidate from MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1975. In 1979 he was ordained as pastor in the (Lutheran) Church of Norway. He is married to Bjørg Bondevik(née Rasmussen), and has the three children Bjørn (born 1972), Hildegunn (born 1973) and John Harald (born 1976). Kjell Magne Bondevik is also the cousin of the Norwegian bishop Odd Bondevik.
Bondevik in 2008 said that he regards himself as a "68'er", and that he was "influenced by the radical wind of the time". While he remained in the movement of Young Christian Democrats (Norway, KrFU), he claims to have "radicalized the organization to great despair in the party". He has also said that he would likely rather have "oriented" himself towards the Socialist People's Party, had his radicalization of the Christian Democratic Party not gone through.
Actors: Arne Lindtner Næss (writer), Arne Lindtner Næss (producer), Arne Lindtner Næss (director), Svein Gundersen (composer), Kjersti Fjeldstad (actress), Geir Morstad (actor), Geir Morstad (actor), Geir Morstad (actor), Brede Bøe (actor), Pål Espen Kilstad (actor), Simon Ankjær Andersen (actor), Pål Espen Kilstad (actor), Pål Espen Kilstad (actor), Simon Ankjær Andersen (actor), Simon Ankjær Andersen (actor),
Genres: Comedy,