Lars Lefdal (17 March 1939 – 23 January 2024) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Biography

Born in

Davik Davik is a former municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in the old Sogn og Fjordane county (now Vestland), Norway. The former municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 and it encompassed all the lands surrounding the outer par ...

on 17 March 1939, Lefdal was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level he was a member of

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was th ...

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 ...

from 1975 to 1979, serving the first two years as mayor. He chaired the local party chapter from 1973 to 1975, and was a member of the central party board from 1986 to 1987. Outside politics he graduated as

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

in 1962. He spent his professional career as an engineer in the

Norwegian Public Roads Administration The Norwegian Public Roads Administration () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for national and county public roads in Norway. This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road networks, driver trainin ...

and the Directorate of Public Roads, reaching the pinnacle as regional roads director from 1989 to 2002. Lefdal died on 23 January 2024, at the age of 84.

References

1939 births 2024 deaths Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1981–1985 Members of the Storting 1977–1981 {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub