Knut O. Aarethun
Encyclopedia
Knut O. Aarethun is a Norwegian
politician for the Labour Party
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From 1964 he worked in the administration of the hospital in his native Lærdalsøyri
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In 1967 he entered Lærdal
municipality council. He was later elected to the county council, first time in 1981. He became deputy county mayor in 1991, and then county mayor in 1995. He lost his post following the 1999 elections. From 2003 to 2007 he served as mayor of Lærdal.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
politician for the Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
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From 1964 he worked in the administration of the hospital in his native Lærdalsøyri
Lærdalsøyri
Lærdalsøyri is the administrative centre of the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located along the Lærdalselvi river where it empties into the Lærdalsfjord, a branch of the Sognefjord. The village is located about north of the east end of the Lærdal Tunnel...
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In 1967 he entered Lærdal
Lærdal
Lærdal is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Lærdalsøyri...
municipality council. He was later elected to the county council, first time in 1981. He became deputy county mayor in 1991, and then county mayor in 1995. He lost his post following the 1999 elections. From 2003 to 2007 he served as mayor of Lærdal.