Famous People with Name Odd

Odd Frantzen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Odd Frantzen: was a Norwegian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Norwegian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.

Odd Bohlin Borgersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Odd Bohlin Borgersen: is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Odd Martinsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Odd Martinsen: was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's.

Odd Holten            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Odd Holten: is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1989, and was re-elected on three occasions. Holten was President of the Lagting 1997–2001. His daughter Line Henriette Holten Hjemdal

Odd Arild Kvaløy            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Odd Arild Kvaløy: is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He is best known as the county mayor of Rogaland from 1991 to 1999, being Rogaland's first county mayor to win re-election. He worked in the Felleskjøpet Rogaland Agder, an agricultural cooperative retailer, from 1970 to 1981. He then worked in the Centre Party organization from 1981 to 1987, and in the bank SpareBank 1 SR-Bank from 1988. He served as a private secretary in the Ministry of Transport from 1985 to 1986, in Willoch's Second Cabinet, and private advisor (both positions are today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Local Government from 1989 to 1990, in Syse's Cabinet. He had experience in local politics, where he was a member of Stavanger city council from 1980 to 1987, the last four years in the executive committee. He was also a city councilman from 1991 to 1995, and a member of Rogaland county council from 1983 to present. From 1995 to 1999 Kvaløy led the collegium of county mayors in Norway. In 1994 he became a member of the board (sentralstyre) of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities; he advanced to deputy leader in 2000. In 2008 he ceased to be deputy leader, being succeeded by Bjørg Tysdal Moe, but continued as a board member.