Erling Johan Vindenes (30 September 1900 – 29 July 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in Nordfolden-Kjerringø. He was elected to the

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from

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

in 1950, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1945–1949. Vindenes was a member of

Nordfold Nordfold is a village in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Nordfold lies along the Nordfolda, a northern branch of the main Folda fjord. It lies about east of the municipal centre of Leinesfjorden. It is the lo ...

municipality council from 1925 to 1928 and served as mayor in 1931–1934, 1934–1937, 1937–1942, 1945–1947 and 1947–1951. He later became mayor of

Steigen Steigen ('stejgen) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leinesfjord. Other villages include Bogen, Leines, Nordfold, N ...

municipality in 1966–1967. He was also a member of Nordland county council from 1931 to 1942 and 1945 to 1951.

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* 1900 births 1984 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub