Per Aunet

Per Aunet (born 14 April 1940, in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party, an environmentalist in the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature (NNV) and an associate professor in biology at Nord-Trøndelag University College.

Per Aunet
Member of the Norwegian Parliament for Nord-Trøndelag
In office 1989–1993
Personal details
Born	(1940-04-14) 14 April 1940 (age 84) Stjørdal, Norway
Political party	Socialist Left Party
Residence(s)	Levanger, Norway
Alma mater	University of Bergen
Occupation	Associate Professor
Profession	Biologist

History

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993. Aunet was a member of Levanger municipality council in the periods 1975–1979, 1979–1983, 1987–1989 and 1995–1999. He chaired the local party chapter from 1984 to 1987 and from 1997 to 1999. He was deputy chairman of NNV from 1995 to 1997.

In his younger days, he was an athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He won silver medals at the Norwegian championships in 1962 and 1968, representing the clubs IL Stjørdals-Blink and Tingvoll IL.^[1] His career-best time was 53.1 seconds, achieved in August 1968 at Bislett stadion.^[2]

References

1. Norwegian championships in 400 metres hurdles Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
2. Norwegian all-time list 400 metres hurdles Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

• "Per Aunet" (in Norwegian). Storting.