Børre Rognlien
Børre Rognlien (born 26 December 1944) is a Norwegian sports official and politician for the Conservative Party. He started his career as a journalist and military officer. He is best known for administrating speed skating, and as a politician he has been a member of the Parliament of Norway. Professional life and politics He was born in Hurdal as a son of shop owners Bjarne Rognlien (1914–1988) and Annie Hagen (1916–1989). He started his career in the press, with a time as apprentice in Eidsvold Blad from 1963 to 1964 and journalist in United Press International from 1964 to 1966. For the next year he attended journalist school, from 1967 to 1973 he was subeditor in Forsvarets Pressetjeneste and from 1973 to 1974 he was news editor in Hamar Dagblad. Involved in the armed forces, he held the rank of Captain from 1975. He was an information director until 1991, when he became secretary-general of the Norwegian Institute of Public Accountants. He left in 1993, and from 1994 to 2006 he was secretary-general of the sports district of Oslo (). Rognlien also became involved in Oslo politics, as a borough council member of Oslo's Borough 18 from 1972 to 1973