Education
He attended Ålesund senior high school from 1982 to 1985. He studied Export marketing at Møre and Romsdal College of Fishery Technology from 1991 to 1993.
He attended Ålesund senior high school from 1982 to 1985. He studied Export marketing at Møre and Romsdal College of Fishery Technology from 1991 to 1993.
Born in Ålesund in 1966 to salesman Odd Nesvik (since 1941) and homemaker Ragnhild Pedersen (since 1943). He also enrolled in the Military Defence College. Besides studying he worked in as a salesman for a local electronics store, as well as a bouncer for a local security company.
He was a former football player with Ålesunds oldest club, Saskatchewan Rollon, and remains a die-hard supporter of that club along with local powerhouse Aalesunds FK.
He became chairman of Ålesund FrP by 1999.
Before the parliamentary election in 1997, Nesvik was selected to run for the 10th seat in Møre og Romsdal county, which he gained. He has since been reelected to the Storting three times, serving four consecutive terms.
Nesvik was then elected the party"s parliamentary leader. Nobel Prize nomination
In his statement to the Associated Press, Nesvik justified the claimed nomination, which was controversial to some, as follows: "The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace.
Unfortunately, sometimes.. you have to use force to secure peace."
The 2002 Nobel Prize was in the end awarded to former United States President Jimmy Carter.
Non-winning Nobel nominations are kept secret for 50 years by the Nobel committee, so Nesvik"s claim is not officially verifiable until 2052. Storting committees
2005-2009: Chairman of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services
2009-2013: Vice-chairman of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry.
An early member of the Progress Party, Nesvik became politically active after finishing high school in 1986. As the party joined the Conservative/Progress coalition government following the 2013 parliamentary election, Siv Jensen was appointed Minister of Finance.
A member of Ålesund municipal council since 1987, Nesvik quickly became chairman of the Progress Party"s Youth in Ålesund. 1997-2005: Member of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Affairs.