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About Knut Tjønneland
- Knut Tjønneland (1907 – 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was a son of fellow Labour politician Søren Tjønneland.
- He attended Tanks Upper Secondary School.
- During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he was imprisoned. He is known as mayor of Bergen, the second largest city in Norway, from 1953 to 1960.
- He was also deputy mayor in 1950–1953 and 1960–1961.
- During his period as mayor, Bergen bought the district Fyllingsdalen from Fana municipality, and the Puddefjord Bridge was constructed.
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