Guttorm Hansen

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Guttorm Hansen
Olav V
Prime MinisterLars Korvald
Trygve Bratteli
Odvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Vice PresidentSvenn Stray
Preceded byLeif Granli
Succeeded byPer Hysing-Dahl
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1961 – 30 September 1985
ConstituencyNord-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born(1920-11-03)3 November 1920
Namsos, North Trøndelag, Norway
Died2 April 2009(2009-04-02) (aged 88)
Political partyLabour
OccupationPolitician

Guttorm Hansen (3 November 1920 – 2 April 2009) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the

President of the Storting
for two of these terms, from 1973 to 1981. He was also known as a prolific book writer, many of his books having a direct connection to his political life.

Career

He was born in Namsos as the son of mechanic Håkon Hansen (1895–1963) and housewife Agnes Selnes (1900–1924).[1] Before 1945 he worked as a mechanic himself, and since he only had primary education, he took extra education in the evenings. From 1945 to 1948 he worked as a journalist and subeditor in the temperance magazine Menneskevennen. He then worked as editor-in-chief of Firdaposten from 1948 to 1951[2] and as a journalist in Namdal Arbeiderblad from 1951 to 1961.[3]

Hansen's mother died from

Eidsvoll man".[1]

From 1981 to 1985 he took up his work from after 1945, as chair of the informal parliamentary temperance group. He was also a member of several public boards and committees, chairing Statens naturvernråd from 1963 to 1965 and the board of Direktoratet for vilt og ferskvannsfisk from 1977 to 1980. From 1985 to 1992 he was a member of the

Det Norske Luftfartsselskap from 1974 to 1977 and Aschehoug from 1977 to 1985.[3]

Hansen was a supporter of

European Movement in Norway from 1971 to 1975. He wrote several books, mostly debate books on foreign policy and security policy. He also published several memoirs about his time in politics and the Parliament: Der er det godt å sitte (1984), Fra min plass. Politiske erindringer 1970-1985 (1986), Trehesten, partiet og gutten (1987) and Etterkrigstid. Politiske erindringer fra 1945 til 1990 (1990).[3] Books like these sold well,[1] but are also cited by scholars.[5] His book Om Stortingets arbeidsordning, co-written with Parliament secretary Erik Mo and released in 1994, is also often referenced.[4]

Hansen was married to Karin Johanne Johnsen since December 1947.[1] He died in Namsos in April 2009.[4]

Selected works

  • Tunsjøguden. 1943.
  • Fjellets lasso rundt mitt hjerte. Om vandringer, dyr og folk i Børgefjell og andre namdalske fjelltrakter. 1979.
  • Der er det godt å sitte. Hverdag på Løvebakken gjennom hundre års parlamentarisme. 1980.
  • Naturvern i Norge, NOU 1980:23. 1980.
  • Arti å hør det læll ... Trønderhumor i flere variasjoner. 1982.
  • Fra min plass. Politiske erindringer 1970–1985. 1986.
  • Trehesten, partiet og gutten. Bilder fra en barndom. 1987.
  • Etterkrigstid. Politiske erindringer fra 1945 til 1990. 1990.
  • Mitt Trøndelag. 1991.
  • Å sånt ska styr bygda. 1992.
  • Vi bygger en by. 100 år med Namsos arbeiderparti. 1998.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hirsti, Reidar (2001). "Guttorm Hansen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ^ "The newspaper Firdaposten". Sffarkiv. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Guttorm Hansen" (in Norwegian). Storting.. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Kvam, Eivind (2 April 2009). "Guttorm Hansen er død". Namdalsavisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  5. ISBN 82-15-00651-5
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Political offices
Preceded by
President of the Storting

1973–1981 		Succeeded by
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