Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1923 |
Birth Place: | Stavanger, Norway |
Death Place: | Norway |
Citizenship: | Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Party: | Conservative Party |
Profession: | Politician |
Office: | Governor of Rogaland |
Term Start: | 1982 |
Term End: | 1991 |
Predecessor: | Konrad Birger Knutsen |
Successor: | Harald Thune (acting for Tora Aasland) |
Kristin Kverneland Lønningdal (1 January 1923 – 23 February 2010) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
She was born in Stavanger and was educated as a pharmacist in 1947. Lønningdal was a member of the executive committee of Stavanger city council from 1963 to 1973. From 1967 to 1973 she was also a member of Rogaland county council. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland in 1973, and was re-elected in 1977. She had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1965 - 1969 and 1969 - 1973. Her political career ended with the post of County Governor of Rogaland, which she held from 1982 to 1991.
Lønningdal was a member of the Conservative Party central board from 1969 to 1974. She was a board member of Stavanger Boligbyggelag from 1963 to 1973, of Stavanger Hospital from 1964 (deputy chair from 1971 to 1973) and a deputy board member of Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap from 1968 to 1976.