He was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 4 months of prison. He was secretary of the Oslo Labour Party in 1936 and was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1938.[1]
He was a central resistance member during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany (1940-1945) and served as a leader of the Norwegian resistance group, Hjemmefrontens Ledelse. After the end of World War II, he served as mayor of Oslo from 1945 to 1947. He was later director of the Oslo housing authority (Boligforvaltning). [2][3]
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^"Arnfinn Vik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^Magne Skodvin. "hjemmefronten". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
^"boligpolitikk - Boliglovgivning". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
arnfinn, 1901, september, 1990, norwegian, politician, served, mayor, oslo, born, 1901, 1901drammen, norwaydied13, september, 1990, 1990, aged, nationalitynorwegianoccupationpolitician, born, drammen, buskerud, norway, participated, left, communist, youth, lea. Arnfinn Vik 20 May 1901 13 September 1990 was a Norwegian politician who served as Mayor of Oslo Arnfinn VikBorn 1901 05 20 20 May 1901Drammen NorwayDied13 September 1990 1990 09 13 aged 89 NationalityNorwegianOccupationPolitician He was born at Drammen in Buskerud Norway He participated in the Left Communist Youth League s military strike action of 1924 He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 4 months of prison He was secretary of the Oslo Labour Party in 1936 and was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1938 1 He was a central resistance member during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany 1940 1945 and served as a leader of the Norwegian resistance group Hjemmefrontens Ledelse After the end of World War II he served as mayor of Oslo from 1945 to 1947 He was later director of the Oslo housing authority Boligforvaltning 2 3 References edit Arnfinn Vik Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 25 January 2011 Magne Skodvin hjemmefronten Store norske leksikon Retrieved June 10 2016 boligpolitikk Boliglovgivning Store norske leksikon Retrieved June 10 2016 Other sources editMaurseth Per 1987 Gjennom kriser til makt 1920 1935 Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge in Norwegian Oslo Tiden p 502 ISBN 82 10 02753 0 Preceded byRolf Stranger Mayor of Oslo1945 1947 Succeeded byHalvdan Eyvind Stokke nbsp nbsp This article about a mayor in Norway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Norwegian politician born in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arnfinn Vik amp oldid 1080666152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
