Lars Lefdal (born 17 March 1939 in
Davik
Davik is a former municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in the old Sogn og Fjordane county (now Vestland), Norway. The former municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 and it encompassed all the lands surrounding the outer part ...
) was a Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
.
He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament from
Sogn og Fjordane in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions.
On the local level he was a member of
Leikanger municipal council from 1975 to 1979, serving the first two years as mayor. He chaired the local party chapter from 1973 to 1975, and was a member of the central party board from 1986 to 1987.
Outside politics he graduated as
civil engineer
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from the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
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in 1962. He spent his professional career as an engineer in the
Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the
Directorate of Public Roads, reaching the pinnacle as regional roads director from 1989 to 2002.
References
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1939 births
Living people
Members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
20th-century Norwegian politicians
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