Erling Erland was a Norwegian

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 politician and Member of Parliament for Anders Lange's Party

Progress Party (Norway)

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Erland was born in Time

Time, Norway

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. He started as a student

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 in 1937, and was educated as an engineer

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 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology

Norwegian Institute of Technology

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 in 1943. He worked for Erlands Maskin in Bryne

Bryne

Bryne is a city, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. Bryne is located about 25 minutes south of Stavanger by train. The area of Bryne is 4,79 km²....

 from 1943 to 1952, and since then worked as a teacher

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, and later lector

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, for the Technical School of Stavanger.

He was editor

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of the Anders Lange's Party electoral newspaper, Anders in 1973. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1973 where he sat until 1977.