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.
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.
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]