Carsten Thunborg

Carsten Walfrid Thunborg (June 2, 1918, Tyssedal, Odda, Norway - December 22, 2000), was a Swedish politician.[1]

Thunborg was the son of Anders Walfrid Thunborg and Karen Bruvik. He worked as a sailor 1933–1936, then as construction worker between 1936 and 1951, and again from 1953 to 1957. Between 1951 and 1953 he worked as a journalist at Norrskensflamman in Luleå. He was an organizer of the Swedish Construction Workers Union. Between 1957 and 1968 he was a member of the board of Section 36 of the union.[1]

Thunborg was a cadre of the Communist Party of Sweden. He served as chairman of Harsprånget Communist Labour Commune 1948 to 1951. He was a board member of the Stockholm Communist Labour Commune 1955–1958, and a member of the national party board 1958–1967 (included in the party Executive Committee 1964–1967).[1] Thunborg became a member of parliament in 1968, following the death of Axel Jansson.[2]

Thunborg later became a member of the Workers Party - Communists (APK), being a politburo member of the party.[3]

References
  1. Sweden. Riksdagen (1988). Stockholms stad, Stockholms län, Uppsala län, Södermanlands län, Västmanlands län. Sveriges riksdag. p. 182. ISBN 978-91-22-01286-3.
  2. Richard Felix Staar; Milorad M. Drachkovitch; Lewis H. Gann (1969). Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Hoover Institution Press. p. 763.
  3. Milorad M. Drachkovitch; Lewis H. Gann (1980). Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Hoover Institution Press. p. 484.
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