Ingvald Godal
Ingvald Godal | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 January 2019 | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
Occupation(s) | Engineer and politician |
Relatives | Tord Godal (uncle) Johan Bojer (grandfather) Odd, Johan and Irja (children) |
Awards | Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania |
Ingvald Godal (26 October 1934 – 28 January 2019)
Professional career
Born in
From 1960 to 1965 he worked for the Ministry of Works in the Northern Region, at that time a federal division of Nigeria, and from 1965 to 1969 he worked for Norconsult in Uganda and other countries. From 1969 to 1970 he worked with civil relief during the Nigerian Civil War. He then spent one year in Asplan before settling in Vinje, Telemark to run a private business. Ultimately, from 1982 to 1985, he was chief administrative officer in Vinje municipality.[1]
Political career
A member of the Centre Party, he was appointed
Godal was elected to the
Godal was previously involved in defence politics as vice president of the pro-military organization Norges Forsvarsforening from 1985 to 1987. He also chaired the regional chapter of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities from 1975 to 1979, the nationwide hydropower interest group Nationwide Association of Hydropower Municipalities from 1977 to 1985, and the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya from 2002 to 2007[1] of which he was a board member.[2]
He published several non-fiction books about different countries.[1] His 2003 book Tsjetsjenia: der enkene blir selvmordsbombere (English: Chechnya: Where the Widows Become Suicide Bombers) included a preface written by Anna Politkovskaya.[3]
Godal was decorated Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania in 2012.[4]
He died on 28 January 2019 at the age of 84.[5]
Selected works
- ZAKI. Med kompass og stikkstenger syd for Sahara. 1965.
- Barna fra Santana: Nigeria under og etter borgerkrigen. 1971.
- Det blåser i grenseland. 1984.
- Jeg vil dø vakker, Litauen. 1993.
- Tsjetsjenia: Der enkene blir selvmordsbombere. 2003.
- Afrikansk rapsodi. 2007.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ingvald Godal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ Board of directors Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya official site (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Library entry for the book".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Apdovanotų asmenų duomenų bazė". grybauskaite1.lrp.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Ingvald Godal (84) er død". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 31 January 2019.