Erik Himle

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Erik Himle (born 10 April 1924 in Fana) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.

Himle graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1948, and from the Nato Defence College in 1957. He was never elected as a politician, but worked himself upwards as a civil servant in Norwegian government ministries.

During the third cabinet Gerhardsen he became state secretary to the Minister of Defense 1958-1961 and to the Minister of Transport 1962-1963. In the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping 1963-1964 and Minister of Transport 1964-1965. His last period as a state secretary was in the Office of the Prime Minister during the first cabinet Bratteli from 1971 to 1972. He continued as a high-ranking bureucrat (departementsråd) in the Ministry of Defence 1967-1971 and 1973-1978 and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 1978-1988.

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Preceded by
Kåre Willoch		 Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping
1963–1964		 Succeeded by
Trygve Lie
Preceded by
Trygve Bratteli		 Norwegian Minister of Transport
1965–1971		 Succeeded by
Håkon Olai Kyllingmark
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