He was also the medical leader at the Royal Norwegian Navy Basic Training Establishment at Madla from 1959 to 1988.
In the second round, Labour pulled Thoring as a candidate, and secured a 35–34 vote in favor of Tveit—with two abstentions.
Vaage beat Thoring in the vote for deputy county mayor, though.
He was a supervisory board member of Rogalandsbanken and Fokus Bank, and was also involved in Norsk Luftambulanse.
[1] The street Lars Vaages gate in Stavanger was named after him in late 2006.