Per Risvik

Per Risvik (4 September 1937 – 22 November 2023) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

He was born in Herøy Municipality to a shop-owning family. After finishing vocational school in 1955 he was a shop clerk. He attended mercantile school from 1959 to 1960 and was then a traveling salesman before owning his own business.

Risvik entered politics as a deputy member of the municipal council for Trondheim Municipality in 1983, being elected as a regular member in 1987. He also held municipal posts such as being a member of the board of the fire department and the port authority. He was elected to the Storting from Sør-Trøndelag in 1989, serving on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.

Risvik was also leader of Trondheim Progress Party from 1988 to 1990, deputy leader of Sør-Trøndelag Progress Party from 1989 to 1991 and leader of Sør-Trøndelag Progress Party from 1994 to 1995. He was also active in the for decades, serving as national vice president from 1997 to 2002. From 2000 to 2003 he had a second stint in local politics, being elected to Sør-Trøndelag county council.