Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg | |
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Erling Wikborg in 1951. | |
2nd Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
In office 1951–1955 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office August 1963 – September 1963 | |
Preceded by | Halvard Lange |
Succeeded by | Halvard Lange |
Personal details | |
Born |
Drammen, Norway | 5 November 1894
Died |
6 April 1992 97) Oslo, Norway | (aged
Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 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 was born in Drammen, graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923.
References
- "Erling Wikborg" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Nils Lavik |
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Norway 1951–1955 |
Succeeded by Einar Hareide |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Halvard Lange |
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) August 1963–September 1963 |
Succeeded by Halvard Lange |
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