Vidkunn Hveding Explained

Office:Minister of Petroleum and Energy
Term Start:14 October 1981
Term End:8 June 1983
Primeminister:Kåre Willoch
Predecessor:Arvid Johanson
Successor:Kåre Kristiansen
Birth Date:27 March 1921
Birth Place:Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Death Place:Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Spouse:Grete Blydt Qvisler
Tone Barth
Marie Palmstrøm
Party:Conservative

Vidkunn Hveding (27 March 1921 – 19 May 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1981–1983.[1] Hveding was born in Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, and was a civil engineer by profession.[2] He was married to Marie Palmstrøm (1 September 1926 – 1 October 1986) from 1948 to 1963, and remarried in 1963 to Tone Barth (25 January 1924 - 10 October 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (b. 1928).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814". Government.no. 2011-06-05. dead. https://archive.today/20121205085126/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/h.html. 2012-12-05.
  2. Encyclopedia: Vidkunn Hveding Biography . no . Knut A. . Rosvold . . . 2012-01-12 . 2011-06-05.
  3. Encyclopedia: Vidkunn Hveding Extended Biography . no . Lars . Thue . . . 2009-02-13 . 2013-10-27.