Jon Lyng

{{short description|Norwegian lawyer and politician}} '''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,<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jon Lyng|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jon_Lyng|language=no|access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref> he is best known as the defender of Arne Treholt in 1984–1985, together with Andreas Arntzen and Ulf Underland.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andreas Arntzen|last=Underland|first=Ulf|author-link=Ulf Underland|date=1 June 2012|work=Aftenposten|language=no|display-authors=etal}}</ref> 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.<ref name=snl/> He was also chair of Oslo Kinematografer from 1988 to 1991 and 1996 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oslokino.no/kinofakta/article45800.ece|title=Historikk|publisher=Oslo Kino|language=no|access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyng, Jon}} Category:1945 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Politicians from Oslo Category:Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Category:Norwegian state secretaries Category:20th-century Norwegian lawyers Category:Children of prime ministers of Norway