Jørgen Leonard Firing (9 March 1894 – 7 March 1977) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in Horten. He was elected to the

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from the Market towns of Vestfold county in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. On the local level, Firing was a member of Horten city council from 1925 to 1931 and 1947 to 1963. Outside politics he worked as an engineer. He was a member of the board of the

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from 1945 to 1965 and the local savings bank from 1951 to 1965. He fought for the

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in the

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. For this he received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.

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1894 births 1977 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Vestfold politicians People from Horten British military personnel of World War I 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub