Annfinn Lund was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was born in Leka

Leka, Norway

Leka is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leknes. Other villages include Sør-Gutvika and Madsøygrenda....

, and is a cand.jur. by education. He was hired in the Districts Development Fund, later known as the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund, in 1955. He was promoted to subdirector in 1970, but in 1973 he was hired as state secretary

State Secretary (Norway)

In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister...

 in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour

Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and finances, and the conduct of elections...

 as a part of the second cabinet Bratteli

Second cabinet Bratteli

Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State Secretaries:-References:* - Regjeringen.no...

. From 1978 to 1980 he was a state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications

Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications

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, and from 1980 to 1981 he was the County Governor of Hedmark. From 1981 to 1993 he was the deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour.