# Torstein Selvik

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'''Torstein Selvik''' (8 October 1900 &ndash; 10 September 1983) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) politician for the [Labour Party](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party).<ref name="sb" />

He was born in [Haus Municipality](/source/Haus_Municipality). Despite being almost 40 years old at the time, Selvik fought in the 1940 [Norwegian Campaign](/source/Norwegian_Campaign) with the [4th Brigade](/source/4th_Brigade_(Norway)) in [Valdres](/source/Valdres).<ref>{{cite book |title=Valdres 1940 |last=Haga |first=Arnfinn |author-link=Arnfinn Haga |year=1999 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-18465-7 |pages=168–173 |url=http://www.nb.no/utlevering/nb/b57e87df63bcd6e3474bcb710f7539ad#&struct=DIV170 |language=no }}</ref><ref name="sb" />

He was elected to the [Norwegian Parliament](/source/Stortinget) from [Bergen](/source/Bergen_(city)) in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions.<ref name="sb">{{stortingetbio|TOSL}}</ref>

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Category:People from Vestland
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Category:Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Members of the Storting 1965–1969
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