Magnar Lussand (18 July 1945 – 24 September 2019)[1] was a Norwegian school principal and politician for the Centre Party.
He was born in Lussand, Ullensvang, and after graduating from teachers' college in 1971 he spent six years as a teacher in Kinsarvik. From 1977 he was an inspector and principal in the neighboring municipality of Granvin.[2]
Lussand was a member of Ullensvang municipal council from 1976 to 1977, Granvin municipal council from 1980 to 1991, and Hordaland county council from 1984. He served as the mayor of Granvin.[2] In 1991 Lussand became county mayor (fylkesordfører) of Hordaland. He was succeeded by Gisle Handeland in 1999, who was the first Labour Party representative to hold this position.[3]
He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the term 1997–2001. In total he met during 38 days of parliamentary session.[4] He died in 2019.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Biografi:Lussand, Magnar" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ a b "Lussand, Magnar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 1994. p. 349.
- ^ Press release Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Magnar Lussand" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ Oskarsen, Linnea Skare (25 September 2019). "Magnar Lussand er død". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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