Anders Folkestad

Anders Folkestad (born 16 March 1949) is a Norwegian schoolteacher and trade unionist.

Anders Folkestad
Folkestad in 2014
Born	(1949-03-16) 16 March 1949 (age 76) Volda Municipality, Norway
Occupation(s)	schoolteacher and trade unionist

He was born in Volda Municipality, and worked as schoolteacher in secondary schools in Odda Municipality and Stranda Municipality. He chaired the trade union Norsk Undervisningsforbund [no] from 1992 to 1993, and Lærerforbundet [no] from 1993. From 2002 to 2015 he chaired the Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway.^[1][2]