John Lyng
John Lyng | |
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County Governor of Oslo and Akershus | |
In office 1 October 1964 – 1 October 1965 | |
Preceded by | Trygve Lie |
Succeeded by | Petter Mørch Koren |
Conservative Parliamentary Leader | |
In office 1 October 1958 – 30 September 1965 | |
Preceded by | C. J. Hambro |
Succeeded by | Svenn Stray |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 January 1958 – 30 September 1965 | |
Constituency | Akershus |
In office 4 December 1945 – 31 December 1953 | |
Preceded by | Harald Torp |
Constituency | Trondheim and Levanger |
Personal details | |
Born | John Johan Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng 22 August 1905 Conservative (1938–78) Free-minded Liberal Party (1934–38) |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Profession | Lawyer |
Early life
Lyng was born in
He joined the
Political career
Lyng was originally a member of the Free-minded Liberal Party, heading the local party chapter from 1934 to 1935. He was a member of the executive committee of Trondheim city council from 1934 to 1940 and in 1945, but had changed to the Conservative Party in 1938, heading the party chapter in Trondheim until 1947.[1][2] Lyng was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 1945, and was re-elected in 1949. He was then out of parliament for one term, before being elected again in 1957 and in 1961, this time from Akershus, and was elected leader of the Conservative Party's parliamentary group.[1][2] From 1955 to 1959 he was a member of Skien city council.[1]
His brief stint as Prime Minister came in August 1963 after the two representatives from the
Although the
Lyng held the post of
Personal life
He married physician Gisela Gerda Margarete Lutz (1907–1941) in 1932. They were divorced in 1940. In 1944 he married lawyer Liv Godager (1918–1989).[2]
Lyng spent his later years writing his memoirs. He died in 1978, after being diagnosed with cancer the preceding year.[2]