Ola T. Lånke

Ola T. Lånke
Lånke in 2009.
Vice President of the Odelsting
In office 2 October 2006 – 30 September 2009
President	Inge Lønning
Preceded by	Jon Lilletun
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1993 – 30 September 2009
Constituency	Sør-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-18) 18 March 1948 Rennebu, Norway
Political party	Christian Democratic
Parents	Arnt Lånke (father) Elise Randine Espås (mother)
Occupation	Politician

Ola Torgeir Lånke (born 18 March 1948 in Rennebu) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Lånke was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1993, and has been re-elected on three occasions. On the local level he was a member of Trondheim city council from 1991 to 1993.

Lånke was the chairman of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 1975 to 1976. Since 1997 he has been a member of the national Christian Democratic Party board.

Outside politics Lånke has worked as a priest, having graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology as cand.theol. in 1977.

References

• "Ola T. Lånke" (in Norwegian). Storting.