Arne Gunerius Aas (1890–1953) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He worked as a prosecutor in

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from 1914 to 1916 and then held the same job in

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from 1916 to 1918. He worked as a private lawyer starting in 1918. He was elected to the city council of

in 1927 and then he held the position of mayor of Tønsberg from 1935 to 1936. In 1936, he was appointed as the (judge) in Varanger, based in the town of Vadsø. After

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, he was appointed to be one of the war judges. Then, in 1946, he was appointed to be the County Governor of

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county, a position he held until his death in 1953.

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1890 births 1953 deaths County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-stub