Kåre Willoch

Kåre Willoch
Kåre Willoch
Prime Minister of Norway
	In office; 14 October 1981 – 9 May 1986
Monarch	Olav V
Preceded by	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Succeeded by	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Personal details
Born	Kåre Isaachsen Willoch; 3 October 1928; Oslo, Norway
Died	6 December 2021 (aged 93); Oslo, Norway
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouse(s)	Anne Marie Jørgensen
Children	3
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Kåre Isaachsen Willoch (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɔːɾə ˈiːsaksən ˈʋɪlɔk] (listen); 3 October 1928 – 6 December 2021) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1963 and 1965–1970, and as Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986. Willoch was Chairman of the Conservative Party 1970–1974.^[1]^[2] He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1957 to 1989. He was also Director of the Nansen Institute.^[3]

Willoch died in his home in Oslo, on 6 December 2021, at the age of 93.^[4]

References

↑ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kåre Willoch". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
↑ Stanghelle, Harald. "Kåre Willoch". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
↑ "Kåre Willoch". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
↑ Olsson, Svein Vestrum (6 December 2021). "Kåre Willoch er død". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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Homage to a true conservative Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Profile of Kåre Willoch, written in the HumanBeams magazine, by Gisle Tangenes.

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