Gunnar Solum

Gunnar Solum (1929 - 11 June 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He started his career in journalism. He was editor-in-chief of "Brønnøysunds Avis", then became a journalist in "Namdalsavisa" in 1961. He was promoted to chief editor in 1970.cite news |first=Stian |last=Manka |title=Gunnar Solum er død |work=Trønder-Avisa |url=http://www.t-a.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NYHETER/901227403 |date=11 June 2008 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-06-18 ]

In 1975 he was elected mayor of Namsos municipality, and resigned as newspaper editor. He had first been elected to the municipal council in 1952.cite web |author=Nord-Trøndelag county municipality |authorlink=Nord-Trøndelag county municipality |title=Minneord Gunnar Solum |url=http://www.ntfk.no/VisNyhet.asp?Id=4142 |date=12 June 2008 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-06-18 ] He served as mayor for four terms, to 1991.b] He was instrumental in the relocation of the Statskog agency from Oslo to Namsos. He was also a member of Nord-Trøndelag county council from 1991 to 1995, and served as a depty member from 2003 to his death.b] He was a honorary member of the national Labour Party.c]

In his younger days he was a footballer for Namsos IL. [cite web |author=Namsos IL |authorlink=Namsos IL |title=En stor NIL-patriot er borte |url=http://idrett.speaker.no/organisation.asp?WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=752035&CatId=242021 |date=11 June 2008 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-06-18 ]

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