Fridtjof Frank Gundersen

Gundersen was born in Tynset Municipality in Hedmark to lawyer Ragnar Gundersen (1895–1985) and Betzy Lommeland (1902–1994). After finishing his secondary education in 1954, he came through the Russian language course of the Norwegian army, and achieved the law degree cand.jur. at the University of Oslo in 1961. In 1963 he was the vice chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society. He took the admission course in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1963, and was a secretary in the Ministry until 1965. ==Professional career==

From 1965 he worked as a lector at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo, first in private law, then in public law. In 1973 he achieved the doctoral degree dr. juris. In 1975 he became professor of jurisprudence at the Norwegian School of Economics. and has written a large number of publications, regarding law, economics, parliamentary issues such as control of trade monopolies, administrative law, trade law, governance mechanisms, contract law and related things. Many of his books were issued through his own publishing house, operating out of Jar and Sandvika. He was a member of the Broadcasting Council from 1986 to 1990, having been a deputy member since 1982. From 1983 to 1985 he was also a member of the commission that prepared the launch of TV 2. ==Political career==

Gundersen was an active member of the Conservative Party from the mid-1960s. He was chairman of the party's Tenkegruppe 99 from 1966 to 1971 and a member of the party's political council until 1975. He represented the county of Akershus. He lost his seat in 1985, and the same year he wrote the memoir-like Fri og frank på Tinget. Gundersen tried together with other breakaways of the party to run with the Liberal People's Party, but as this failed he rather ran for the new local Oslo List. The election for the party became a failure, and he thus pulled out from active politics. ==Political views==

Gundersen regarded himself as a libertarian, He claimed that Norwegians are a homogenous people, poorly able to absorb large ethnic minorities who are mostly loyal to their own culture, and that potential problems regarding this will only become more evident in the future. In 1997 he also drew parallels to the Bosnian War as a possible future scenario in Norway, that "there is a great risk that we will become flooded by Muslims", and that he would not be surprised if Norway would see "serious terrorism" within ten to twenty years. In early 2001 he nonetheless praised Muslims in cities like Cairo and Istanbul for taking more personal care of their friends and family, instead of merely being dependent on public welfare programs which is common in countries like Norway. ==Personal life==

Gundersen was married in 1965 to Mosse Piene (1 April 1935 – 1991). After her death, he lived in cohabitation with Marit Munro (born 13 November 1939). Gundersen spent much of his free time in Vence, France. ==Writings==

Gundersen has written several publications. • 1966: Ny solidaritet (et al.), Aschehoug • 1968: Introduksjon til EEC. Rettslige og politiske spørsmål, Universitetsforlaget • 1968: FN-ideal og realitet (with Per Morten Vigtel), Gyldendal • 1969: Fremtiden utfordrer politikerne (editor), Minerva forlag • 1970: Konservativ kommentar til A-partiets prinsipp-program (editor), Høyres "Tenkegruppe 99" • 1970: Etableringsretten og Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeid, Grøndahl & Søn Forlag • 1970: Multinasjonale konserner og kontrollen med dem, European Movement Norway • 1971: EEC-håndboken. 2 bind, Universitetsforlaget • 1972: Kontrollen med karteller og storbedrifter, Universitetsforlaget • 1973: Roma-traktaten og planene om et norsk engrosmonopol for øl, Universitetsforlaget • 1973: Statlige handelsmonopoler og EF, Universitetsforlaget • 1977: Hovedlinjer i avtaleretten, Jar • 1977: Norsk og internasjonal markedsrett (with Ulf Bernitz), Jar • 1978: Hovedlinjer i forvaltningsretten, Jar • 1979: Bedrifts- og personalrett (with Christian Schjoldager), Bergen • 1981: Om å bruke andres penger. En innføring i norsk parasittøkonomi, Oslo • 1982: Privatrett for økonomer (with Arthur J. Brudvik), Jar • 1985: Fri og frank på Tinget: liberalisme med norsk vri • 1986: Praktisk jus - spørsmål og svar, Sandvika • 1988: Jus for økonomer (with Arthur J. Brudvik), Jar • 1989: Helse og politiske styringsmekanismer, Tano • 1989: EF-boken, Tano • 1989: Lov og rett for næringslivet (with Sverre F. Langfeldt), Tano • 1992: Innføring i EØS og EF-rett (with Ulf Bernitz), • 2002: Introduksjon til EU, • 2010: EU - etter Lisboa-traktaten: institusjoner, rettssystem og rettsregler, Gyldendal ==References==