Knut Andreas Knudsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. Born in Gjerpen, he was the son of Christen Knudsen, Jr. and grandson of Gunnar Knudsen

Gunnar Knudsen

Gunnar Knudsen , born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who had two spells as Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920...

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He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 during the terms 1961–1965 and 1965–1969.

Knudsen was a member of the executive committee of Gjerpen

Gjerpen

Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway.-Location:The parish of Gjerpen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 4,381. Gjerpen was located east of the city...

 municipality council from 1955 to 1963. Then, Gjerpen was incorporated into Skien

Skien

' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

, and Knudsen held the same post in Skien from 1963 to 1975.