Erling Erland (12 July 1917 – 13 January 1988) was a

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politician and Member of Parliament for Anders Lange's Party. Erland was born in

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. He started as a

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in 1937, and was educated as an

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from the

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in 1943. He worked for ''Erlands Maskin'' in

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from 1943 to 1952, and since then worked as a

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, and later

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, for the Technical School of Stavanger. He was

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of the Anders Lange's Party electoral newspaper, ''Anders'' in 1973. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1973 where he sat until 1977.

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1917 births 1988 deaths People from Time, Norway Progress Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub