List of Presidents of the Odelsting
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List of Presidents of the Odelsting, the one chamber of the Parliament of Norway from 1945 to 2009, when the chamber was discontinued.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Joachim Hambro | December 10, 1945 | January 10, 1958 | Conservative Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s... |
| Alv Kjøs Alv Kjøs Alv Kjøs was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Løiten.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1937, and was re-elected on five occasions... |
January 18, 1958 | September 30, 1961 | Conservative Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s... |
| Per Borten Per Borten was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party... |
October 6, 1961 | September 30, 1965 | Centre Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its... |
| Nils Hønsvald Nils Hønsvald Nils Hønsvald was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was one of the leading figures in Norwegian politics from 1945 to 1969.Hønsvald was born in Horten, Vestfold County, Norway... |
October 8, 1965 | September 30, 1969 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Håkon Johnsen Håkon Johnsen Håkon Armand Menzoni Johnsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Trondheim.... |
October 8, 1969 | September 30, 1973 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Per Borten Per Borten was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party... |
October 9, 1973 | September 30, 1977 | Centre Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its... |
| Asbjørn Haugstvedt Asbjørn Haugstvedt Asbjørn Haugstvedt was a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party. He was President of the Odelsting 1977–1981 and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1983-1986, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1983-1986. Haugstvedt was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament in the... |
October 11, 1977 | September 30, 1981 | Christian Democratic |
| Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen Arne Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Local Government 1978-1979, as well as Minister of Social Affairs 1979-1981 and 1981. Nilsen was President of the Odelsting 1981–1985.-References:... |
October 15, 1981 | September 30, 1985 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Åshild Hauan Åshild Hauan Åshild Hauan is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1981, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1977–1981... |
October 9, 1985 | September 30, 1989 | Socialist Left |
| Inger Lise Gjørv Inger Lise Gjørv Inger Lise Gjørv was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.-Career:She was born in Oslo as the daughter of physician Sverre Strand and housewife Liv Alnæs . She enrolled as a student in 1957, and graduated with the cand.mag. degree in 1962 from the University of Oslo... |
October 10, 1989 | September 30, 1993 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party . Born in Sarpsborg, Skaug was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1969, and was president of the Odelsting from 1993 to 2001... |
October 11, 1993 | September 30, 1997 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party . Born in Sarpsborg, Skaug was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1969, and was president of the Odelsting from 1993 to 2001... |
October 8, 1997 | September 30, 2001 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |
| Ågot Valle Ågot Valle Ågot Jorunn Valle is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1997.... |
October 9, 2001 | September 30, 2005 | Socialist Left |
| Berit Brørby Berit Brørby Berit Brørby is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1985, and has been re-elected on five occasions... |
October 10, 2005 | September 30, 2009 | Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... |