31 Facts About Inge Ryan

Inge Ryan's parents were forester Arvid Ryan and nurse Irene Opdal.

Inge Ryan attended Overhalla Lower Secondary School from 1969 to 1972, and was during the period active in orienteering and association football as a goalie.

Inge Ryan attended Namdal Upper Secondary School from 1972 to 1975, where he took general academics.

Inge Ryan was a fellow member of parliament, representing the Christian Democratic Party.

In June 2009, Inge Ryan was admitted to Ulleval University Hospital for treatment.

Inge Ryan worked as a teacher at Skorovatn School from 1975 to 1977, after which he studied teaching at Levanger College and Alta College, graduating in 1980.

Inge Ryan then started working as a teacher at Trones School in Namsskogan Municipality until 1987, when he was appointed principal.

Inge Ryan returned as teacher in 1991, but chose to apply for the job as principal in Alvdal Municipality.

Inge Ryan was a board member of Namsskogan Familiepark from 1987 to 1991.

Inge Ryan worked as mayor from 1991 to 1995, and from then until 1997 was regional director of the Norwegian Public Employment Service.

Inge Ryan quit this job in protest against the state's unemployment policies, because he had been instructed to "depopulate Indre Namdal", because the agency policies required people to be moved if they could not get jobs locally.

From 2001 to 2009, Inge Ryan worked as a full-time member of parliament.

In 1971, Inge Ryan attended Red Youth's summer camp, the youth wing of the Red Electoral Alliance.

Inge Ryan was given a code name and started a chapter in Overhalla.

At upper secondary school, Inge Ryan became an active promoter of the socialist newspaper Klassekampen.

In 1989, the Socialist Left Party started a chapter in Namsskogan, and Inge Ryan was nominated as top candidate.

Inge Ryan was leader of the Namsskogan chapter of the Socialist Left Party.

From 1999 to 2001, Inge Ryan sat on the board for Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.

Inge Ryan sat in the KS-appointed Stand Committee, led by Morten Strand, that suggested to reduce the number of directorate and reduce the influence of the county governors.

Hageler was elected to parliament, and Inge Ryan was her second deputy during the term 1993 to 1997.

Inge Ryan was a possible candidate to become deputy party leader of his party in 1997, but was instead appointed as central board member.

Inge Ryan became deputy leader in 1999, a position he held until 2001.

Inge Ryan became a member of the party's largest parliamentary group ever.

Inge Ryan was a member of the parliamentary delegation to the Nordic Council.

Inge Ryan was a deputy member of the European Committee and the delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.

Inge Ryan was appointed first vice chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, a position he held until 24 November 2007, when he again sat on the Standing Committee on Business and Industry.

Inge Ryan was a delegate to the Nordic Council, and from 2007 a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.

Inge Ryan introduced a public service office, where residents could be served with all necessary public over-the-counter services at one place.

In 2001, Inge Ryan proposed allowing local stores to function as branches of Vinmonopolet, the state-run liquor stores, to allow liquor and wine retailing in rural areas.

Inge Ryan wanted to introduce subsidies for local stores in rural areas, and equal price throughout the country for power line component in the electrical prices.

Inge Ryan called for a separate Minister of Rural Affairs.