Former Storting representative and Oslo city council member Erling Folkvord (R) has died. The family informs NTB. Folkvord died on Friday afternoon. He was traveling in Stockholm in connection with a book project about Kurdistan and Palestine. Folkvord was born in Levanger in Trøndelag. He has been politically active since the 60s, and from 1990 to 1997 he was deputy leader of the Workers’ Communist Party (AKP). In 1999, he became a city council member in Oslo for the Rød Valgallianse, which later joined the Rødt party. Marie Sneve Martinussen thanks Folkvord for everything he has done. Photo: Torbjørn Brovold / news Leader in Rødt Marie Sneve Martinussen tells news that it is sad to hear that Folkvord has died. – Erling had a number of other positions and many matters of the heart. He committed himself against corruption and abuse of power. He became strongly involved in the Kurds’ cause. He committed himself to Palestine. She thanks Folkvord for everything he has done. – Erling was involved in Rødt, and even though he did not always agree with the choices Rødt made, he participated actively and has done an important job that has been important both for Rødt, Oslo and Norway. On behalf of the entire Red movement, I would like to thank Erling for that. The Rødt politician is the only one who has been a parliamentary representative for the Rød Valgallianse. He was that from 1993 to 1997. He was particularly well-known in Oslo for his fight against corruption and abuse of power. Political editor at news, Kyrre Nakkim, talks about Erling Folkvord.
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