Gunnar Kvassheim (born 14 June 1953, inEigersund) is a Norwegian politician for theLiberal Party.

He was elected to theNorwegian Parliament fromRogalandin 1997, but not re-electedin 2001. DuringBondevik's Second Cabinet, Kvassheim was appointedstate secretary in theOffice of the Prime Minister. He was re-elected to a second parliamentary termin 2005, where he became chair of theStanding Committee on Energy and the Environment. He failed to be re-electedin 2009 because the Liberal Party missed about 3000 votes. After the election results, Kvassheim resigned from national politics.

On the local level he was a member ofEigersundmunicipal council from 1975 to 1983. He chairs the local party chapter since 2004 and was the deputy leader of the nationwide party from 1996 to 2001. From 2001 till 2008 he was a member of the Liberal Party central board.

Outside politics he has spent his career in newspapers. He was a journalist from 1976 to 1986 and editor-in-chief ofDalane Tidende from 1986 to 1997. From 2009, he became vice president atLyse Energi.^[1]

• "Gunnar Kvassheim" (in Norwegian).Storting.

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