Per Aunet (born 14 April 1940, in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, an

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

in the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature (NNV) and an associate professor in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

Nord-Trøndelag University College Nord-Trøndelag University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag) or HiNT was a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. HiNT had about 5,500 students and 440 employees in 2013. In January 2016, th ...

History

He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Nord-Trøndelag in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. Aunet was a member of

Levanger Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne ...

municipality council in the periods 1975–1979, 1979–1983, 1987–1989 and 1995–1999. He chaired the local party chapter from 1984 to 1987 and from 1997 to 1999. He was deputy chairman of NNV from 1995 to 1997. In his younger days, he was an athlete who specialized in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

. He won silver medals at the Norwegian championships in 1962 and 1968, representing the clubs

IL Stjørdals-Blink Idrettslaget Stjørdals-Blink is a Norwegian sports club from Stjørdalshalsen, Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, track and field, orienteering, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, speed skating, and N ...

and Tingvoll IL. His career-best time was 53.1 seconds, achieved in August 1968 at

Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium ( no, Bislett stadion) is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here ...

.Norwegian all-time list 400 metres hurdles

References

* 1940 births Living people Members of the Storting Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Norwegian environmentalists Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of Nord-Trøndelag University College Norwegian male hurdlers 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Stjørdal {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub