Rune Gerhardsen | |
Office: | Leader of the Workers' Youth League |
Term Start: | 1973 |
Term End: | 1975 |
Predecessor: | Bjørn Tore Godal |
Successor: | Sissel Rønbeck |
Office1: | 3rd Governing Mayor of Oslo |
Term Start1: | 1 January 1992 |
Term End1: | 15 January 1997 |
1Blankname1: | Mayor |
1Namedata1: | Ann-Marit Sæbønes Per Ditlev-Simonsen |
Predecessor1: | Michael Tetzschner |
Successor1: | Fritz Huitfeldt |
Office2: | Chair of the Norwegian Skating Association |
Term Start2: | 9 June 2013 |
Term End2: | 16 June 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Vibecke Sørensen |
Successor2: | Mona Adolfsen |
Term Start3: | 2001 |
Term End3: | 2003 |
Predecessor3: | Finn Arne Bakke |
Successor3: | Terje Andersen |
Term Start4: | 1986 |
Term End4: | 1990 |
Predecessor4: | Bjørn Ruud |
Successor4: | Odd Pedersen |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1946 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Labour |
Children: | Marte Mina |
Parents: | Einar Gerhardsen (father) Werna Gerhardsen (mother) |
Rune Gerhardsen (13 June 1946 - 4 September 2021) was a Norwegian politician, representing the Norwegian Labour Party, and sports leader at Norwegian Skating Association representing Aktiv SK.
Gerhardsen was a son of Werna and Einar Gerhardsen, and attended Oslo Cathedral School.[1] He chaired the Workers' Youth League from 1973 to 1975 and served as Oslo’s governing mayor from 1992 to 1997.
He chaired the Norwegian Skating Association from 1986 to 1990, again from 2001 to 2003 and for a third time from 2013 to 2017.[2]
Gerhardsen died of Alzheimer's disease at Nordseterhjemmet in Oslo on 4 September 2021, surrounded by his closest family. He was 75.[3]
Gerhardsen was married to Tove Strand in 1968 (divorced in 1996) and they had two daughters, Marte and Mina.