Herman Friele

Herman Friele (born August 21, 1943) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has been chairman of the coffee manufacturer Friele since 1981, as the seventh generation Friele in charge of the company.^[1] He was the highly popular mayor of Bergen from 2003 to 2007.^[2]

Before the 2003 election, a survey found that 64% of the inhabitants of Bergen wanted him to become the mayor after the election.^[3] When Friele announced that he would not be running for mayor in the 2007 election,^[2] a survey showed that 60% of the inhabitants of Bergen wanted him to continue in the job.

References

^ Skreien, Norvall. "Herman Friele – utdypning – 1 (NBL-artikkel)". Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Herman_Friele/utdypning_%E2%80%93_1.
^ ^a ^b Pedersen, Kari (16 August 2006). "Friele trekker seg med et smil". Bergens Tidende. http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article289782.ece.
^ "To av tre vil ha Friele som ordfører". Bergens Tidende. 11 September 2003. http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/To-av-tre-vil-ha-Friele-som-ordfoerer-67256.html.

Preceded by Kristian Helland	Mayor of Bergen 2003–2007	Succeeded by Gunnar Bakke

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Name	Friele, Herman
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Date of birth	August 21, 1943
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