Håvard Alstadheim

Håvard Alstadheim (24 May 1936 – 7 September 1998) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Stjørdal, and took the cand.oecon. degree. He was appointed as a docent in economics at the University of Trondheim in 1975, and was promoted to professor. He retired in 1993 to become director of agriculture in Sør-Trøndelag County Municipality.^[1]

He was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1972 to 1973, during Korvald's Cabinet. He was the mayor of Stjørdal from Stjørdal 1980 to 1985, then deputy mayor from 1986 to 1987 before serving as deputy county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1988 to 1991. He chaired his party from 1990 to 1992, after having been deputy leader from 1986 to 1990.^[1] He was a candidate for the Parliament of Norway numerous times without being elected; in 1965 (fifth candidate in Oslo), 1977 (seventh candidate, Nord-Trøndelag) and 1985 (third candidate, Nord-Trøndelag).^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Håvard Alstadheim" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Håvard_Alstadheim. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. XII. 199. Stortingsvalget 1965. Hefte II. Oversikt." (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/histstat/nos/nos_xii_199.pdf.
^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1977. Hefte I." (in Norwegian) (PDF). Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/histstat/nos/nos_a920.pdf.

Party political offices
Preceded by Arne Fjørtoft	Chairman of the Norwegian Liberal Party 1990–1992	Succeeded by Odd Einar Dørum

Persondata
Name	Alstadheim, Haavard
Alternative names
Short description	State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
Date of birth	24 May 1936
Place of birth	Stjørdal, Norway
Date of death	7 September 1998
Place of death