Lars Korvald

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Lars Korvald

Prime Minister of Norway
In office 17 October 1972 – 12 October 1973
Monarch	Olav V
Preceded by	Trygve Bratteli
Succeeded by	Trygve Bratteli
Personal details
Born	(1916-04-29)29 April 1916 Mjøndalen, Nedre Eiker
Died	4 July 2006(2006-07-04) (aged 90) Mjøndalen, Nedre Eiker
Political party	Christian Democratic Party
Religion	Lutheran/Church of Norway
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Lars Korvald (help·info) (29 April 1916 – 4 July 2006) was a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973, leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the European Economic Community.

Early life and career

Lars Korvald was born into a traditional Christian family in Mjøndalen in the municipality of Nedre Eiker. He attended the Norwegian College of Agriculture, graduating in 1943. He started out at the faculty of Tomb agrarian college in Råde, where he rose to become dean in 1952.

Parliamentary career

He was first elected to the Norwegian parliament in 1961 representing the county of Østfold. In 1965, he was appointed parliamentary leader; and in 1967 the party leader. Altogether, Korvald served as a member of parliament for five periods. He was President of the Lagting 1969–1972. In 1981, he retired from party politics and became county mayor of Østfold.

Prime minister

Korvald's cabinet served from 18 October 1972 to 16 October 1973. Though short-lived, it served as an important milestone in Norwegian politics, both because it marked the conclusion of the bitter and divisive debate over Norway's membership in the European Union, and because it was a centrist non-socialist coalition. He was also the first prime minister from his party. Korvald also proved to be an effective prime minister in a very difficult and transitional political situation. His cabinet commissioned the negotiations for a trade treaty with the European Union and instituted Norway's first petroleum policy.

It was also Korvald who introduced Kjell Magne Bondevik into the national scene by appointing him political secretary to the prime minister's office.

References

External links

AP: "Former Norway prime minister Korvald dies" (in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 July 2006)

Political offices
Preceded by Trygve Bratteli	Prime Minister of Norway 1972–1973	Succeeded by Trygve Bratteli

v t e Heads of government of Norway

First Ministers, 1814–1873	Haxthausen Rosenkrantz Sommerhielm Collett Krog Vogt Petersen F. Stang

Prime Ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup

Prime Ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold

WWII 1940–1945	Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940–1945) Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) Quisling (Minister President, 1942–1945)

Prime Ministers, 1945–	Gerhardsen Torp Gerhardsen Lyng Gerhardsen Borten Bratteli Korvald Bratteli Nordli Brundtland Willoch Brundtland Syse Brundtland Jagland Bondevik Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Solberg

v t e Christian Democratic Party

Leaders	Bjørø (1933–38) Lavik (1938–51) Wikborg (1951–55) Hareide (1955–67) Korvald (1967–75, 77–79) Kristiansen (1975–77, 79–83) Bondevik (1983–95) Haugland (1995–2004) Høybråten (2004–11) Hareide (2011–present)

Cabinets	Lyng Borten Korvald Willoch II Syse Bondevik I Bondevik II

Related	Folkets Framtid Young Christian Democrats

Authority control	VIAF: 28475050

Persondata
Name	Korvald, Lars
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian politician
Date of birth	29 April 1916
Place of birth	Mjøndalen, Nedre Eiker
Date of death	4 July 2006
Place of death	Mjøndalen, Nedre Eiker

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