Thor Haakon Knudsen (30 May 1927 – 10 January 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in Tønsberg. During the cabinet Borten he worked as a State Secretary in the

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from January 26 1970 – January 31 1971. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. He was President of the

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from 1981 to 1989. A journalist by education, he worked in ''

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'' from 1949 to 1956, in the Conservative Party Press Bureau from 1956 to 1970 and as editor-in-chief of ''

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'' from 1971 to 1977. He was a member of the board of Norsk Telegrambyrå from 1971 to 1980. He was also a member of the Norwegian riksmål association, Rotary, the

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and the European Movement, and presided the '' Norges Forsvarsforening'' from 1989 to 1995.

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* 1927 births 2006 deaths Members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Tønsberg 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub