- Thor Knudsen
Thor Haakon Knudsen (
30 May 1927 –10 January 2006 ) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in
Tønsberg .During the
cabinet Borten he worked as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence fromJanuary 26 1970 –January 31 1971. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament fromVestfold in 1977, and was re-elected on two occations. He was President of theLagting from 1981 to 1989.A journalist by education, he worked in "
Tønsberg Blad " from 1949 to 1956, in the Conservative Party Press Bureau from 1956 to 1970 and as editor-in-chief of "Sandefjords Blad " from 1971 to 1977. He was a member of the board ofNorsk Telegrambyrå from 1971 to 1980.He was also a member of the Norwegian
riksmål association, Rotary, theNorwegian Atlantic Committee and theEuropean Movement , and presided the "Norges Forsvarsforening " from 1989 to 1995.References
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