Odvar Nordli

Odvar Nordli
10th Prime Minister of Norway
In office
12 January 1976  30 January 1981
Monarch Olav V
Preceded by Trygve Bratteli
Succeeded by Gro Harlem Brundtland
17th County Governor of Hedmark
In office
11 March 1981  17 September 1994
Preceded by Anfinn Lund
Succeeded by Kjell Borgen
Vice President of the Storting
In office
6 February 1981  10 June 1985
President Per Hysing-Dahl
Preceded by Svenn Stray
Succeeded by Reiulf Steen
Minister of Local Government
In office
17 March 1971  18 August 1972
Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by Helge Rognlien
Succeeded by Johan Skipnes
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 September 1961  13 October 1981
Constituency Hedmark
Personal details
Born Odvar Nordli
(1927-11-03) 3 November 1927
Tangen, Hedmark, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Marit Nordli
Alma mater University of Oslo
Religion Church of Norway
Awards Order of St. Olav
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Norway
Service/branch Norwegian Army
Years of service 1948
Rank Corporal
Battles/wars Cold War

 Odvar Nordli  (born 3 November 1927) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.

Early life

Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany. By education he became a certified accountant before entering politics, and worked in this field until 1961. He served as deputy mayor of Stange municipality from 1951 to 1963.

Political life

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1961, and was re-elected on five occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 19541957 and 19581961.

Nordli became a cabinet member in 1971, serving as Minister of Local Government in the first cabinet Bratteli. He became Prime Minister in 1976, heading the cabinet Nordli which succeeded the second cabinet Bratteli. He had to govern through several tough cases like the so-called double-resolution over NATO and the national controversy over the damming of the Alta-Kautokeino river. The cabinet Nordli sat until February 1981, when it was followed by another labour party cabinet: Brundtland's First Cabinet.

In social policy, Nordli's premiership saw the passage of a law in June 1978 in which sickness benefits were to equal 100% of gross wages from the first day of sickness for up to 312 days for the same sickness.

After retiring as prime minister in 1981, he was elected vice president of the Storting. He served as vice president until 1985.

His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Hedmark, which he held from 1981 until his retirement in 1993. He was also a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1985 to 1993.

Since retiring, Nordli has had a number of books published.

Former prime minister Odvar Nordli at the 2007 Norwegian Labour Party national convention.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Helge Rognlien
Norwegian Minister of Local Government
19711972
Succeeded by
Johan Skipnes
Preceded by
Trygve Bratteli
Prime Minister of Norway
19761981
Succeeded by
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by
Anfinn Lund
County Governor of Hedmark
19811993
Succeeded by
Kjell Borgen
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