Olav Gunnar Ballo

Olav Gunnar Ballo (born 22 October 1956) is a Norwegian former politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV).

He studied medicine at University of Würzburg, and has worked as a medical doctor.

Ballo was the leader of the National Forensics Institute ("Rettsmedisinsk institutt") in Norway between 2009 and 2010/2011.

The news made the front page of Norway's biggest newspapers, such as Verdens Gang and Dagbladet.

In 1999 he met, and later married, Heidi Sørensen, a politician for the Socialist Left.

Olav Gunnar Ballo
Olav Gunnar Ballo in February 2009, speaking in the Parliament of Norway .