Arne Thomassen

Arne Thomassen (born 13 February 1959) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as county mayor of Agder since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Lillesand Municipality between 2003 and 2019 and a deputy member of parliament for Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021.

Political career Parliament He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021, having been re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Local politics He has been an elected member of Aust-Agder county council and served as the leader of Aust-Agder Conservative Party. He also served as mayor of Lillesand Municipality between 2003 and 2019, securing re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015. He was succeeded by fellow party member Einar Holmer-Hoven in 2019.

He was elected county mayor of Agder at the 2019 local elections, becoming the first county mayor of a unified Agder county. He won re-election at the 2023 local elections.