Olav Benum (born 5 September 1897 in Beitstad, died 27 June 1990) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Beitstad is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county Norway Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Liberal Party of Norway (Venstre V meaning "left" is a social liberal Political party in Norway.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on three occasions. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city is a county in the central Norwegian region called Trøndelag. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1937–1945.
Benum was deputy mayor of Vemundvik municipality council in 1934–1937, and mayor in 1937–1941 and 1945. Vemundvik is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county Norway At the same time he was a member of Nord-Trøndelag county council. He later became a member of Namsos city council in during the terms 1963–1967 and 1967–1971. is a municipality and town in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Again, during the same time he became involved in the county council. He served as deputy county mayor in 1963–1966 and county mayor in 1966–1967.
Outside of politics he worked as an agronomist. In the Norwegian Farmers' Union he was a member of the board from 1946 to 1953. The Norwegian Agrarian Association (Norges Bondelag is the largest Norwegian interest organization for Farmers It functions both as a Labour union and as a From 1942 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway, he fled to Stockholm, Sweden and worked at the Norwegian legation there. Starting with the invasion of April 9, 1940, Norway was under Military occupation of German forces and civil rule of a German ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the A legation was the term used in Diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an Embassy.
References
- Olav Benum biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)
| Preceded by Johan A. Vikan |
County mayor of Nord-Trøndelag 1966–1967 |
Succeeded by Knut Aas |
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