Hjalmar Inge Sunde (born 29 December 1937) is a Norwegian military officer and former county governor. He finished his secondary education at the school in 1956, and graduated from the

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and became a

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in 1960. After taking post-secondary education classes in Norway,

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, and

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, he reached the rank of

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in 1987, and was the Commander Allied Forces South Norway (COMSONOR) until 1991. He also represented Norway in the

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. He was the president of the interest group '' Norges Forsvarsforening'' from 1995 to 2001. He was County Governor of Aust-Agder from 1995 until his retirement on 31 December 2007. After his retirement, there was some discussion on combining the position with the County Governor of Vest-Agder and calling it the County Governor of Agder. The

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debated this for some time before appointing

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to the position as soon as he finished his Parliamentary term. Svein Årli was the acting governor until Djupedal took office. Sunde has been decorated with the

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with three stars,

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with 2 stars, the Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch and appointed a Commander of the

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1937 births Living people Norwegian Military Academy alumni Norwegian Army generals County governors of Norway 20th-century Norwegian military personnel 21st-century Norwegian military personnel {{Norway-mil-bio-stub