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Asle Amundsen (born 27 June 1952) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.

Socialist Left Party (Norway) Norwegian political party

The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a democratic socialist political party in Norway.

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nordland during the term 1985–1989. He met during 32 days of parliamentary session. [1] The first deputy of Hanna Kvanmo, he worked as a farmer in Andøy outside of politics. [2]

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

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Hanna Kristine Kvanmo was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1973 to 1989, representing the county of Nordland, as the first parliamentary leader of the Socialist Left Party from 1977 to 1989. She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 to 2002, and served as the committee's vice chair from 1993 to 1998. During her term on the Nobel committee, she participated in the decisions to award the Nobel Peace Prize to individuals such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat and Kofi Annan. She worked for the thoroughly nazified German Red Cross in the ending years of the Second World War, and she was convicted for treason following her repatriation to Norway in 1947.

Andøy Municipality in Nordland, Norway

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References

  1. ↑ "Asle Amundsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1985. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway., p. 136


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