Erling Wikborg

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Erling Wikborg (born 5 November 1894 in Drammen, died 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1945, and was re-elected from Oslo on two occasions.

Wikborg held a number of other prominent posts. He was the second leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 1951 to 1955, and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the short-lived centre-right Cabinet of John Lyng.

A lawyer by profession, he graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923.

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• Erling Wikborg biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)

Preceded by Nils Lavik	Leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Norway 1951–1955	Succeeded by Einar Hareide
Preceded by Halvard Lange	Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) August 1963–September 1963	Succeeded by Halvard Lange