{{Short description|Norwegian athlete and politician}} '''Nils Agnar Valla''' (born 1 March 1936) was a Norwegian agrarian leader and politician for the Centre Party.

He hails from and resides in Bjerka in Hemnes Municipality.<ref name=ntb>{{cite news |title= 70 år 1. mars: Tidl. ordfører, direktør og bonde Nils Valla |agency= Norwegian News Agency |date=27 February 2006 |language= Norwegian}}</ref> He was born in Korgen,<ref name=ntb2>{{cite news |title= Nils Valla 60 år 1. mars |agency= Norwegian News Agency |date= 14 February 1996 |language= Norwegian}}</ref> and is a brother of Gerd-Liv Valla.<ref>{{cite book |author= Sellæg, Arne |chapter= Samfunnstoppene fra Oppigård Valla |title= Adresseavisen |date=23 July 2005 |page=11 |language= Norwegian}}</ref> He was an able track and field athlete in his youth, among others achieving 56.1 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles and {{convert|43.70| metres}} in the discus throw.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/mv.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509104539/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/mv.htm |archivedate=2012-05-09 }}</ref> He and his sister represented the club Mo IL.

He was a farmer from 1965 until retiring in 2000. He chaired the Norwegian Agrarian Association from 1980 to 1987, was the director of agricultural insurance in Gjensidige from 1987 to 1995 and served as mayor of Hemnes from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=ntb/> Internationally he was a board member of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers.<ref name=ntb2/>

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{{s-start}} {{s-bef |before=Hans Haga}} {{s-ttl|years=1980–1987|title=Chairman of the Norwegian Agrarian Association}} {{s-aft |after=Kåre Syrstad}} {{s-end}}

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