Gudmund Grytøyr (born 15 July 1920 in

Sør-Varanger Sør-Varanger ( sme, Máttá-Várjjat, fkv, Etelä-Varenki, fi, Etelä-Varanki, russian: Сёр-Вара́нгер/Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town ...

died 21 July 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Nordland in 1977, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965, 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. On the local level he was a member of Leiranger

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

from 1955 to 1964, and then 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 ...

municipal council from 1964 to 1971 and 1975 to 1979. He chaired the local party chapter from 1953 to 1968. Outside politics he worked as a sailor, a laborer in industry and forestry, and a farmer.

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* 1920 births 2001 deaths Members of the Storting Nordland politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian farmers Norwegian sailors 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Sør-Varanger 20th-century farmers {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub