Alfred Leonard Kristian Vågnes (13 April 1880–12 October 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party and later the
Communist Party.
He was born in
Tromsøysund Municipality
Tromsøysund is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed most of what is now Tromsø Municipality including areas on the island of Kvaløya ...
.
Originally active in the
Labour Party, Vågnes served in the position of deputy representative to the Parliament during the term 1922–1924. He was a member of the national party board from 1920 to 1923, and represented the party at the
Third Comintern Congress in 1921. In 1923 the Labour Party left Comintern, and in 1924 Vågnes joined the Communist Party.
He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament from
Finnmark in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949 as the Communist Party dropped from 11 to 0 seats in Parliament.
Vågnes held various positions in
municipal council of
Kjelvik Municipality from 1916 to 1940, serving as deputy mayor briefly in 1931 and mayor there in 1931–1934.
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1880 births
1970 deaths
Politicians from Tromsø
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Communist Party of Norway politicians
Members of the Storting
20th-century Norwegian politicians
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