Thorbjørn Lie

Thorbjørn Lie (17 December 1943 – 19 November 2006) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party.

He was born in Lardal, but later settled in Førde. As a businessperson Lie is notable for founding the helicopter company Airlift in 1987. For a period he was the chief executive officer of the company.^[1] He has also been chairman and co-owner of Helilift.^[2]

Lie became a member of Sogndal municipal council in 2003.^[1] He later served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sogn og Fjordane during the term 2005–2009, but died only one year into the term.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Thorbjørn Lie (in Norwegian) at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia
^ "Kjendiseiere" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende: p. 9. 10 January 2004.
^ "Thorbjørn Lie" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=TLIE&tab=Biography.

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Name	Lie, Thorbjorn
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Date of birth	17 December 1943
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Date of death	19 November 2006
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