Arne Næss (21 February 1925 – 13 December 2009) was a Norwegian politician from the
Christian Democratic Party.
Biography
He was born in
Bergen, Norway
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...
. He was elected to Bergen city council in 1964, became deputy mayor in 1976 and
mayor in 1984. He was Bergen's first Christian Democratic mayor.
He served as mayor from 1984 to 1985 and 1988 to 1989.
Næss was a board member of the
Bergen International Festival, the
Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap, the
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ( no, Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat or NVE) is a Norwegian government agency established in 1921. It is under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and regulates the country's water reso ...
,
[ and the company that regulates the Askøy Bridge.]Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...
.[
Denominationally, he was a member of the ]Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, or the Free Church as it is commonly known ( no, Den Evangelisk Lutherske Frikirke, shortened ''Frikirken''), is a nationwide Lutheran church in Norway, consisting of 83 congregations and 21,817 baptised memb ...
. He was married and had three children, though he was predeceased by his wife in 1992.[ Næss died in December 2009.][
]
References
1925 births
2009 deaths
Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians
Mayors of Bergen
Norwegian temperance activists
Norwegian Lutherans
Order of the Dannebrog
20th-century Lutherans
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