Gunnar Vada (16 March 1927 – 14 June 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Life and career

Gunnar Vada was born in

Beitstad Beitstad () is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Beitstadsundet strait at the end of the Beitstadfjorden at the inner end of the Trondheimsfjord, about southwest of the vi ...

on 16 March 1927. Vada was elected to the

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from

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

in 1977, and was re-elected on one occasion. He served as a deputy representative during the terms 1973–1977 and 1985–1989. From 1985 to 1986 he met as a regular representative, filling in for Wenche Frogn Sellæg who was appointed to the

second cabinet Willoch Willoch's Second Cabinet was a majority, centre-right government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic parties. It succeeded the Conservative First cabinet Willoch in mid-term to secure a majority, right-winged government, ...

. On the local level he was a member of Nord-Trøndelag

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from 1975 to 1979. He chaired the local party chapter from 1972 to 1974, and was deputy leader of the county chapter from 1970 to 1975. Gunnar Vada died in Beitstad on 14 June 2018, at the age of 91.

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* 1927 births 2018 deaths Members of the Storting Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Conservative Party (Norway) politicians People from Steinkjer Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub