Ola Torgeir Lånke (born 18 March 1948 in Rennebu) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Lånke was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1993, and has been re-elected on three occasions. On the local level he was a member of Trondheim city council from 1991 to 1993. Lånke was the chairman of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 1975 to 1976. Since 1997 he has been a member of the national Christian Democratic Party board. Outside politics Lånke has worked as a priest, having graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology as cand.theol. in 1977. References 1948 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Trondheim People from Rennebu Norwegian priest-politicians MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians