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Hjalmar Inge Sunde (born 29 December 1937) is a Norwegian military officer and former county governor.
He finished his secondary education at Stavanger Handelsgymnasium in 1956, and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy and became a lieutenant in 1960. After post-education 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. He also represented Norway in the NATO Military Committee. He was the president of the interest group Norges Forsvarsforening from 1995 to 2001.
He was County Governor of Aust-Agder from 1995 to his retirement on 31 December 2007. For the time being, he was not replaced by a new County Governor, as there is an ongoing political process which might culminate in the abolishment of the post. An appointment was finally made on 1 October 2009: Øystein Djupedal.
Sunde has been decorated with the National Service Medal with three stars, Defence Service Medal with 2 stars, the Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch and appointed a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.