Hjalmar Inge Sunde (born 29 December 1937) is a Norwegian military officer and former county governor.
[1] He finished his secondary education at the Stavanger Handelsgymnasium school in 1956, and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy and became a lieutenant in 1960.
After taking post-secondary education classes in Norway, Kansas, and Pennsylvania, he reached the rank of lieutenant general in 1987, and was the Commander Allied Forces South Norway (COMSONOR) until 1991.
The Storting debated this for some time before appointing Øystein Djupedal to the position as soon as he finished his Parliamentary term.
Svein Årli was the acting governor until Djupedal took office.