Torvald Kvinlaug (13 July 1911 – 1 July 1997) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Biography

He was born in

Liknes Liknes is the administrative centre of Kvinesdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Kvina, about north of the mouth where it empties into the Fedafjorden. The village of Storekvina lies about to the no ...

. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

during the terms 1961–1965, 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. On the local level, he was a member of

Kvinesdal Kvinesdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Liknes. Other villages in Kvinesdal include Feda, Fjotland, and Storekvin ...

municipality council from 1947 to 1971, serving as deputy mayor from 1961 to 1963. Following the 1975 elections, Faye became the first elected county mayor (''fylkesordfører'') of Vest-Agder. In 1979 he was succeeded by Niels-Otto Hægland from the same party.

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1911 births 1997 deaths Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Deputy members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub