Trygve Bratteli
Trygve Bratteli | |
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26th Minister of Transport and Communications | |
In office 25 September 1963 – 20 January 1964 | |
Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
Preceded by | Lars Leiro |
Succeeded by | Erik Himle |
In office 23 April 1960 – 28 August 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
Preceded by | Kolbjørn Varmann |
Succeeded by | Lars Leiro |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 January 1950 – 30 September 1981 | |
Deputy | Hjalmar Larsen Omar Gjesteby Gunnar Alf Larsen Trygve Bull Thorbjørn Berntsen |
Constituency | Oslo |
Personal details | |
Born | Trygve Martin Bratteli 11 January 1910 Nøtterøy, Vestfold, Norway |
Died | 20 November 1984 Oslo, Norway | (aged 74)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Randi Larssen (1924–2002) |
Children | 3, including Ola Bratteli |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
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Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a
Background
Bratteli was born on the island of
Following the
Political career
After the liberation of Norway in 1945, Bratteli was appointed as Secretary of the Labour Party. He became chairman of the Workers' Youth League, vice chairman of the party, served on the newly formed defence commission, and in 1965; was made Chairman of the Labour Party. Bratteli was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1950, and was re-elected on seven occasions.
He was appointed as
The centre-right cabinet of Borten held office from 1965 to 1971, but when it collapsed, Bratteli became
Personal life
Trygve Bratteli was married to Randi Helene Larssen (1924–2002). They had three children: two daughters, Tone and Marianne, and one son, professor Ola Bratteli (1946–2015).[6] Bratteli's memoirs of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps was published in 1980. He died in 1984 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo. Trygve Bratteli was a member of Friends of Israel within the Norwegian Labour Movement (Venner av Israel i Norsk Arbeiderbevegelse) which planted a forest to his memory in Israel.[7]
References
- ^ Knut Are Tvedt (21 March 2018). "Trygve Bratteli". Store norske leksikon. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ISBN 978-3-631-63678-7.
- ^ Egil Helle. "Trygve Bratteli". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Growth to limits: the Western European welfare states since World War 2: Volume 4 by Peter Flora
- ^ "Trygve Bratteli, Prime Minister 1971–1972 and 1973–1976". Government.no. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Trygve Bratteli". Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "Randi Bratteli". Store norske leksikonGovernment.no. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
See also
Other sources
- Anderson, Gidske (1984) Trygve Bratteli (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 9788205148369
Related reading
- Bratteli Trygve (1980) Fange I Natt Og Take (Oslo: Tiden Norsk Forlag) ISBN 978-8210020049
Notes
- Thirteen Norwegians died at Vaihingen and were buried in a mass grave, according to: Ottosen, Kristian (2001-07-02). "Gjensyn med Vaihingen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
External links
- "Trygve Bratteli" (in Norwegian). Storting.