Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota for three two-year terms from 1969–1973 and 1976–1978.
Stenvig was born in Minneapolis in 1928. He attended Augsburg College and received a degree in sociology. After graduation, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department. Stenvig worked his way up to the rank of detective, working with the burglary squad, prior to entering Minneapolis politics. With no prior political experience or party affiliation, Stenvig shocked the the political establishment by defeating the endorsed DFL and Republican candidates and winning 61 percent of the vote. He won a second two-year term in 1971, by an even larger margin. He lost in 1973 but was returned to office in 1975.
He returned to the police department after his political career ended.
After retiring from the police department, Stenvig moved to Arizona in 1990 and died there on February 22, 2010.
Stenvig was born in Minneapolis in 1928. He attended Augsburg College and received a degree in sociology. After graduation, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department. Stenvig worked his way up to the rank of detective, working with the burglary squad, prior to entering Minneapolis politics. With no prior political experience or party affiliation, Stenvig shocked the the political establishment by defeating the endorsed DFL and Republican candidates and winning 61 percent of the vote. He won a second two-year term in 1971, by an even larger margin. He lost in 1973 but was returned to office in 1975.
He returned to the police department after his political career ended.
After retiring from the police department, Stenvig moved to Arizona in 1990 and died there on February 22, 2010.
Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota for three two-year terms from 1969–1973 and 1976–1978.
Stenvig was born in Minneapolis in 1928. He attended Augsburg College and received a degree in sociology. After graduation, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department. Stenvig worked his way up to the rank of detective, working with the burglary squad, prior to entering Minneapolis politics. With no prior political experience or party affiliation, Stenvig shocked the the political establishment by defeating the endorsed DFL and Republican candidates and winning 61 percent of the vote. He won a second two-year term in 1971, by an even larger margin. He lost in 1973 but was returned to office in 1975.
He returned to the police department after his political career ended.
After retiring from the police department, Stenvig moved to Arizona in 1990 and died there on February 22, 2010.
Stenvig was born in Minneapolis in 1928. He attended Augsburg College and received a degree in sociology. After graduation, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department. Stenvig worked his way up to the rank of detective, working with the burglary squad, prior to entering Minneapolis politics. With no prior political experience or party affiliation, Stenvig shocked the the political establishment by defeating the endorsed DFL and Republican candidates and winning 61 percent of the vote. He won a second two-year term in 1971, by an even larger margin. He lost in 1973 but was returned to office in 1975.
He returned to the police department after his political career ended.
After retiring from the police department, Stenvig moved to Arizona in 1990 and died there on February 22, 2010.
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