Egil Kjølner

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Egil Kjølner (8 January 1920 – 25 February 2010) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was born in Fredrikstad, but moved to Bærum in 1927. He was a member of Bærum municipal council for twenty years and Akershus county council for eight years.^[1] He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1969–1973 and 1973–1977.^[2]

Fredrikstad is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad.

Bærum is a municipality in Akershus County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city.

Akershus[²ɑːkəʂˌhʉːs](listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo, and Østfold; it also has a short border with Sweden (Värmland). Akershus, with a little over 614,000 inhabitants, is the second most populated county by population after Oslo. The county is named after Akershus Fortress. The county administration is in Oslo, which is not part of the county per se.

He was a secondary school headmaster from 1969 to 1980, and was also active in the Salvation Army. He was decorated with the Order of the Founder as well as the HM The King's Medal of Merit.^[1] Not long before his death he was said to be the only living Norwegian with the Order of the Founder.^[3] He died in February 2010.^[1]

In 1917, five years after the death of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of the Founder to recognise Salvationists who had rendered distinguished service, such as would have specially commended itself to the Founder.

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References

1 2 3 Bakken, Tor Christian (4 March 2010). "Egil Kjølner er død". Budstikka . p. 8.
↑ "Egil Kjølner" (in Norwegian). Storting.
↑ Bakken, Tor Chr., ed. (2008). "Egil Kjølner". Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 283. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4.

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[obit-1] 1 2 3 Bakken, Tor Christian (4 March 2010). "Egil Kjølner er død". Budstikka . p. 8.

[2] "Egil Kjølner" (in Norwegian). Storting.

[basbl-3] Bakken, Tor Chr., ed. (2008). "Egil Kjølner". Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 283. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4.