Tore Austad

Tore Austad (born 8 April 1935) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Born in Skedsmo, Akershus, he received a cand. philol. degree in 1962, and worked as a professor of Norwegian at the University of Chicago from 1964 to 1966. Returning to Norway he worked at various academic institutions, before being elected to the Storting from the county of Vest-Agder in 1977, where he sat for three periods, until 1989.

On 14 October 1981, he was appointed Minister of Education and Church Affairs in the new government of Kåre Willoch. On 8 June 1983, the Conservative Party joined in a coalition with the Christian Democratic Party and the Centre Party, in order to form a majority government. Austad had to resign, and his position was taken over by Kjell Magne Bondevik.

References

"Kåre Willoch’s Government 1981 - 1986". Government.no. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
"Austad, Tore (1935-) Høyre" (in Norwegian). Stortinget. Retrieved 2007-09-21.

Political offices
Preceded by Einar Førde	Norwegian Minister of Church and Education Affairs 1981–1983	Succeeded by Kjell Magne Bondevik

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 275494461 LCCN: n82004518

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