Håkon Kyllingmark Explained

Håkon Kyllingmark
Office:Minister of Transport and Communications
Term Start:12 October 1965
Term End:17 March 1971
Primeminister:Per Borten
Predecessor:Erik Himle
Successor:Reiulf Steen
Office2:Minister of Defence
Term Start2:28 August 1963
Term End2:25 September 1963
Primeminister2:John Lyng
Predecessor2:Gudmund Harlem
Successor2:Gudmund Harlem
Office3:Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Leader3:Alv Kjøs
Sjur Lindebrække
Term Start3:1958
Term End3:26 April 1970
Predecessor3:Claudia Olsen
Successor3:Lars T. Platou
Office4:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start4:1 January 1954
Term End4:30 September 1981
Constituency4:Nordland
Birth Date:19 January 1915
Birth Name:Håkon Olai Kyllingmark
Birth Place:Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway
Death Place:Svolvær, Nordland, Norway
Party:Conservative
Spouse:Ingegerd Ødegaard
Children:Snorre Kyllingmark, Bjørg Henriksen (Kyllingmark)

Håkon Olai Kyllingmark (19 January 1915  - 12 August 2003) was a Norwegian military officer and businessman. He served as a politician for the Conservative Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament.[1]

Biography

He was born at Kjelvik in Finnmark, Norway. His parents were Martin Kyllingmark (1879-1916) and Sigridur Sæmundsdottir (1892-1963).He received an education at the Army Command School in 1934 and the Flyvåpen Flying School in 1937. He had a career in the Norwegian Armed Forces between in 1940 and 1943–1945. He rose to the rank of captain in 1944 and major in 1945 - 1954. He had been a member of Milorg during the German occupation of Norway, and received the Defence Medal 1940–1945.[2]

Kyllingmark was a principally of the wholesale company H. Kyllingmark A / S from 1945 to 1965. He was involved in local politics in Svolvær from 1945 to 1947 and 1951 to 1963. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1954, and was re-elected on six occasions. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Defence during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng. While he held this position Moy Herborg Regina Nordahl took his seat in parliament. He was later Norwegian Minister of Transport from 1965 to 1971 during the cabinet Borten. His seat was filled by Bodil Aakre, Leif Kolflaath and Andreas Grimsø alternately.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Håkon Kyllingmark. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Paul Thyness. April 1, 2018.
  2. Web site: Håkon Kyllingmark. Store norske leksikon. Knut Are Tvedt. April 1, 2018.