Thor Lund (27 May 1921 in

Aker Aker may refer to: Places * Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway * Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Aker Br ...

– 16 June 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the

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from

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1965–1969. On the local level he was a member of

Stokken Stokken is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into the newly-created Moland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality of ...

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from 1955 to 1961, serving as deputy mayor from 1959. Stokken was incorporated into

Moland Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1962 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is located in what is now Agder county. The administr ...

municipality, but Lund remained as a municipal council member from 1962 to 1975. He later returned to serve as mayor from 1983 to 1989. From 1962 to 1963 he was also a member of Aust-Agder

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. He chaired the local party chapter from 1954 to 1971 and 1982 to 1988. Outside politics he worked as a firefighter in

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and a mechanic in

Eydehavn Eydehavn or Eydehamn is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the centre of the Arendal (town), town of Arendal, about northeast of the village of Saltrød, about south of th ...

. He was a member of various official boards and councils, serving on the board of Aust-Agder Sparebank from 1983 to 1984.

References

* 1921 births 1999 deaths Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Aust-Agder Labour Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub