Alfred Thommesen (2 June 1914 – 31 December 1988) was a Norwegian shipowner and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He was born in

Flosta Flosta (historic: ''Flougstad'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in Agder county. The admini ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

from

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

in 1958, and was re-elected on three occasions. Thommesen was a member of

municipality council between 1945 and 1947, and later served as deputy mayor in the periods 1951–1955 and 1955–1958.

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* 1914 births 1988 deaths Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Aust-Agder politicians Norwegian businesspeople in shipping 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{shipping-bio-stub