Gunnar Jahn
Gunnar Jahn | |
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 Jahn in 1946. | |
| Governor of the Central Bank of Norway | |
| In office 1946–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolai Rygg |
| Succeeded by | Erik Brofoss |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 25 June 1945 – 5 November 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Preceded by | Paul Hartmann |
| Succeeded by | Erik Brofoss |
| In office 3 November 1934 – 20 March 1935 | |
| Prime Minister | J. L. Mowinckel |
| Preceded by | Per Berg Lund |
| Succeeded by | Adolf Indrebø |
| Chair of the Nobel Committee | |
| In office 5 November 1945 – 31 December 1966 | |
| Preceded by | C. J. Hambro |
| Succeeded by | Nils Langhelle |
| In office 15 November 1941 – 31 December 1942 | |
| Preceded by | Fredrik Stang |
| Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro (1945) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1883 Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 31 January 1971 (aged 88) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Liberal Resistance |
| Spouse | Martha Larsen Jahn |
Gunnar Jahn (10 January 1883 – 31 January 1971) was a Norwegian jurist, economist, statistician, politician for the
Life and work
He was born in
From 1913 he was a teacher at Kristiania Commerce School and the university, jobs he left in 1918 and 1920 respectively.[2] From 1917 to 1919 he worked in Rasjoneringsdirektoratet, and from 1919 to 1920 he was the director there. In 1920 he became director of Statistics Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1927. From November 1934 to March 1935 he was the Minister of Finance and Customs in Mowinckel's Third Cabinet. He became a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1937,[1] and chairman from 1941 to 1966.[3]
In 1940 he was a member of the
After the German surrender, he saw himself as a candidate to become Prime Minister of Norway, but Hjemmefrontens Ledelse chose Paal Berg as their candidate.[1] He instead became Minister of Finance and Customs of the Norwegian interim government, Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, on 25 June. He remained so until 4 November the same year, and also served on the Board of Governors in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund in 1945.[2] He then headed the Central Bank of Norway from 1946 to 1954. He presided over the International Statistical Institute from 1947 to 1951, and was an honorary member. As the Chairman of the Nobel Committee, he delivered the Presentation Speech to The Nobel Peace Prize 1947 to the Quaker Friends Service Council (British) and American Friends Service Committee (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1947/press.html). He was also a member of the Liberal Party's national board for some time. He died in January 1971 in Oslo.[1]
U Thant controversy
In 1965, UN Secretary General
References
- ^ a b c d e Munthe, Preben. "Gunnar Jahn". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Gunnar Jahn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Geir Lundestad (2001). "The Nobel Peace Prize, 1901–2000". Nobel Prize. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 573.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1901–2000". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-85065-045-4.
External links
- A collection of digitized materials related to Jahn's association with Linus Pauling.
- Presentation Speech to The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
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