Helge Rognlien

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Helge Rognlien
Minister of Local Government
In office
29 August 1970 – 17 March 1971
Prime MinisterPer Borten
Preceded byHelge Seip
Succeeded byOdvar Nordli
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
1972–1974
Preceded byHelge Seip
Succeeded byEva Kolstad
Leader of the Young Liberals
In office
1946–1948
Preceded byAasmund Næs
Succeeded byOlaf Kortner
Personal details
Born(1920-01-14)14 January 1920
Kristiania, Norway
Died15 July 2001(2001-07-15) (aged 81)
Political partyLiberal
OccupationPolitician
Judge

Helge Rognlien (14 January 1920 – 15 July 2001) was a

Liberal Party
.

He was born in

Sennheim in Alsace and Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.[2][3]

Having graduated as

Ministry of Justice and the Police. From 1946 to 1948 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party.[1]

On 29 August 1970 he was appointed

cabinet Borten, replacing Helge Seip. Rognlien held the position until the cabinet Borten fell in 1971. In 1972 he again replaced Helge Seip, this time as party chairman of the Liberal Party. He held this position until 1974,[1] when Eva Kolstad
took over as the first female party leader in Norway.

Rognlien was a member of Bærum municipality council from 1955 to 1960 and 1967 to 1979, and also of Akershus county council from 1963 to 1975. He never served in the national parliament.[1]

He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1966 to 1973.[1] In 1973, the committee decided to award that year's Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ. Ronglien strongly disagreed with this choice, and resigned from the committee in protest.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Helge Rognlien" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ Jorunn Sem Fure, "Universitetet i kamp 1940-1945", (Oslo, 2007)
  3. .
  4. ^ Helge Rognlien. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024. Mon. 26 Feb 2024. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/bio-helge-rognlien
Political offices
Preceded by
Norwegian Minister of Local Government

1970–1971
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway
1946–1948
Succeeded by
Olaf Erling Kortner
Preceded by Chairman of the
Liberal Party of Norway

1972–1974
Succeeded by