Terje Kalheim

'''Terje Kalheim''' (born 21 September 1952) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the [[Socialist Left Party of Norway|Socialist Left]] and [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]] parties.

He grew up in [[Bøler]], [[Oslo]] as a son of trade unionist [[Ragnar Kalheim]]. Terje Kalheim attended [[Sogn Upper Secondary School|Sogn Vocational School]] and became a carpenter, eventually being hired in [[Oslo Sporveier]]. Here, he became the leader of the trade union.<ref name=70y>{{cite news|title=Jubilanter|date=21 September 2022|work=Aftenposten|page=51|language=no}}</ref> Kalheim was also deputy leader of the organization against Norwegian EU membership, [[Nei til EU|Nei til EF]], until 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ny nestleder i Nei til EF|date=7 November 1991|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}</ref>

In 1991 he became City Commissioner (''byråd'') of Culture in the city government of [[Oslo]], sitting until 1995 when he was not re-nominated for the [[1995 Norwegian local elections]].<ref name=70y/> The reason was his change of heart in the EU membership question, relinquishing his opposition .<ref>{{cite news|title=Kalheims ja til EU|date=30 September 1994|work=Aftenposten Aften|language=no}}</ref> In 1996 Kalheim and fellow former city commissioner [[Raymond Johansen]] both left the Socialist Left Party and joined the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=SV-håpet brast|date=31 October 1996|work=Dagbladet|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tidligere byråder i Oslo: Melder seg ut av SV i protest|author=Monsen, Trygve|date=31 October 1996|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}</ref> Kalheim was employed by the [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]].<ref name=70y/>

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