Arnfinn Vik (20 May 1901 – 13 September 1990) was a Norwegian politician who served as

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. He was born at

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, Norway. He participated in the

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's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 4 months of prison. He was secretary of the Oslo Labour Party in 1936 and was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1938. He was a central resistance member during the

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(1940-1945) and served as a leader of the Norwegian resistance group, ''Hjemmefrontens Ledelse''. After the end of

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, he served as mayor of

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from 1945 to 1947. He was later director of the Oslo housing authority (''Boligforvaltning'').

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* 1901 births 1990 deaths Politicians from Drammen Norwegian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Norway Norwegian resistance members Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of Oslo {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub