Geir Jørgen Bekkevold (born 19 November 1963) is a Norwegian priest and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Geir J. Bekkevold
He was born in Horten as a son of laborer Jan Egil Bekkevold and housewife Evy Bekkevold. He finished his secondary education in Horten in 1982, and attended the University of Oslo from 1983 to 1991. Here, he received the cand.theol. degree as well as undergoing the practical-theological seminary. He worked as a field priest during his compulsory military service from 1991 to 1992, and then became curate in Gjerpen. In 2005 he was promoted to vicar in Borgestad in Skien.[1]
Bekkevold has also been active in YMCA/YWCA locally. He was a board member of Teater Ibsen from 2004 to 2008, and the county library from 2007. In 2020, Bekkevold became chair of the board for UWC Red Cross Nordic in Fjaler, Norway. [1]
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^ abc"Geir Jørgen Bekkevold" (in Norwegian). Storting.
^Gillesvik, Kjetil (27 November 2009). "Midtøstens Ole Brumm". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). p. 9.
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