Jon Lyng

Jon Lyng (19 April 1945 – 16 February 2003) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in London as a son of John Lyng. A lawyer by profession,[1] he is best known as the defender of Arne Treholt in 1984–1985, together with Andreas Arntzen and Ulf Underland.[2] In politics, he was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1985 to 1986. He was a member of Oslo city council from 1983 to 1991, and chaired his local party branch from 1992 to 1996.[1] He was also chair of Oslo Kinematografer from 1988 to 1991 and 1996 to 2003.[3]

References
  1. "Jon Lyng". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. Underland, Ulf; et al. (1 June 2012). "Andreas Arntzen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  3. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Oslo Kino. Retrieved 27 July 2009.


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