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Vidkunn Hveding

Vidkunn Hveding
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
14 October 1981 – 8 June 1983
Prime MinisterKåre Willoch
Preceded byArvid Johanson
Succeeded byKåre Kristiansen
Personal details
Born27 March 1921
Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Died19 May 2001 (aged 80)
Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Grete Blydt Qvisler (m. 1986)
Tone Barth (m. 1963, – 1980, her death)
Marie Palmstrøm (m. 1948, div. 1963)

Vidkunn Hveding (27 March 1921 – 19 May 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1981–1983.[1] Hveding was born in Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, and was a civil engineer by profession.[2] He was married to Marie Palmstrøm (1 September 1926 – 1 October 1986) from 1948 to 1963, and remarried in 1963 to Tone Barth (25 January 1924 - 10 October 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (b. 1928).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"". Government.no. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  2. ^ Rosvold, Knut A. (2012-01-12). "Vidkunn Hveding Biography". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  3. ^ Thue, Lars (2009-02-13). "Vidkunn Hveding Extended Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
Preceded by
Arvid Johanson
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
1981–1983
Succeeded by
Kåre Kristiansen
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