Bjørn Bruland
Bjørn Rochmann Bruland (13 October 1926 – 3 July 2014) was a Norwegian admiral and politician for the
Labour Party
.
He was born in
Norwegian Naval Academy, also serving in the British and US navies and under the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. He reached the rank of rear admiral.[1][2]
Bruland led the
Ministry of Defence during the closing years of Nordli's Cabinet, from 1979 to 1981, and in the short-lived Brundtland's First Cabinet of 1981.[3][4] He retired from the armed forces in 1986.[1]
Bruland has been chairman of United World Colleges in Norway[2] and served as president of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1987 to 1993.
Bruland lived in over twenty places in his life, last in Stavanger. He died in 2014.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c d Olafsen, Rudolf (18 June 2014). "Bjørn Bruland er død". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). p. 35.
- ^ a b "80 år 13. oktober: Kontreadmiral Bjørn Bruland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 September 2006.
- ^ "Odvar Nordli's Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Gro Harlem Brundtland's First Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
