Svenn Stray Explained

Svenn Stray
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start:14 October 1981
Term End:9 May 1986
Primeminister:Kåre Willoch
Predecessor:Knut Frydenlund
Successor:Knut Frydenlund
Term Start2:22 May 1970
Term End2:17 March 1971
Primeminister2:Per Borten
Predecessor2:John Lyng
Successor2:Andreas Cappelen
Office3:Parliamentary Leader of the Conservative Party
Leader3:Sjur Lindebrække
Term Start3:1 October 1965
Term End3:22 May 1970
Predecessor3:John Lyng
Successor3:Kåre Willoch
Office4:First Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Term Start4:1962
Term End4:12 May 1970
Leader4:Sjur Lindebrække
Predecessor4:Bernt Ingvaldsen
Successor4:Erling Norvik
Office5:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start5:1 January 1958
Term End5:30 September 1985
Constituency5:Østfold
Office6:Vice President of the Storting
President6:Guttorm Hansen
Term Start6:9 October 1973
Term End6:30 September 1981
Predecessor6:Bernt Ingvaldsen
Successor6:Odvar Nordli
Birth Name:Svenn Thorkild Stray
Birth Date:11 February 1922
Birth Place:Arendal, Norway
Death Place:Moss, Norway
Party:Conservative

Svenn Thorkild Stray (11 February 1922  - 20 May 2012) was a Norwegian politician and a member of the Conservative Party of Norway. He served as a member of parliament from 1958 to 1985, as president of the Nordic Council in 1968, and as foreign minister of Norway from 1970 to 1971, and 1981 to 1986.

Background

He was born in Arendal. Stray's parents were Gudmund Stray (1885–1970), a dentist, and Anne Johanne Marie Frøstrup (1893–1975). Svenn Stray graduated from the University of Oslo with a law degree in 1946. After having served as a clerk in Moss, Norway, he opened his own practice in Moss in 1950.

Political career

Stray was first elected to local office in Moss in 1955, and he remained active in local politics until 1979. He was elected to Stortinget in 1958. He served continuously in the parliament until 1985, for a total of 27 years, 264 days.

Stray was foreign minister twice, from 1970 to 1971, and 1981 to 1986. He died on 20 May 2012 at the age of 90.[1]

References

  1. Web site: Tidligere utenriksminister Svenn Stray er død. 25 May 2012.