Ingvar Bakken
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Ingvar Bakken was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Øymark
Øymark
Øymark is a former municipality now located in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway.Øymark was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt , but on 1 July 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separate municipality. At that point Øymark had a population of 1,832...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

 in 1958, was re-elected six times and sat until his death in 1982. He had previously been a deputy representative from 1954–1957.

Bakken was mayor of Øymark
Øymark
Øymark is a former municipality now located in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway.Øymark was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt , but on 1 July 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separate municipality. At that point Øymark had a population of 1,832...

 municipality in the periods 1947–1951, 1951–1955, 1955–1959, 1959–1963 and its successor municipality Marker
Marker, Norway
Marker is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the two old municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark....

from 1963–1967.
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