Finn Knutsen (18 February 1932 – 14 February 2021) was a Norwegian politician.

Career

Knutsen was born in

Langenes Municipality Langenes is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality, which existed from 1919 until 1964, encompassed the western shore of the Gavlfjorden in what is now Øksnes Municipality. I ...

to Ole and Unni Knudsen. He was elected representative to the

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for

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

for the period 1985–1989 for the Labour Party. He was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Øksnes Municipality Øksnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the large island of Langøya, which is a part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of ...

from 1955 to 1987 (serving as mayor from 1967 to 1973) and 1991 to 1999 (again serving as mayor) and of

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from 1967 to 1979. He was awarded the

King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

in 2000. Knutsen died on 14 February 2021, four days short of his 89th birthday.

References

1932 births 2021 deaths People from Øksnes Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Nordland Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit Place of death missing Members of the Storting 1985–1989 {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub