Aasmund Kulien (4 May 1893 – 18 October 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the

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from

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...

in 1937, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1934–1936. On the local level, Kulien was a member of

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from 1928 to 1942. He chaired the regional party chapter from 1921 to 1923, and was a member of the national board from 1930 to 1939. He was born in

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, worked as a gardener from 1908 but settled as a farmer in Greipstad in 1922. While living there, he served two years as the chief of the fire department, as well as other public posts.

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* 1893 births 1988 deaths Vest-Agder politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Members of the Storting 1936–1945 Members of the Storting 1945–1949 Members of the Storting 1950–1953 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub