John Lyng
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| 16th Prime Minister of Norway | |
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In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963 |
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| Monarch | Olav V |
| Preceded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Succeeded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 12 October 1965 – 22 May 1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Per Borten |
| Preceded by | Halvard Lange |
| Succeeded by | Svenn Stray |
| County Governor of Oslo and Akershus | |
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In office 1964–1965 |
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| Preceded by | Trygve Lie |
| Succeeded by | Petter Mørch Koren |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Johan Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng 22 August 1905 Trondheim, Norway |
| Died | 18 January 1978 (aged 72) Bærum, Akershus, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party |
Conservative Party (1938–78) Free-minded Liberal Party (1934–38) |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
John Daniel Lyng (22 August 1905 – 18 January 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 28 August to 25 September 1963 in a coalition government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic, and Liberal parties. It was the first government in 28 years that was not headed by the Labour Party.
Lyng was born in Trondheim to merchant Markus Hartman Lyng (1872-1938) and Martha Maria Helberg (1885-1959), and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1927. He studied in Copenhagen and Heidelberg in 1931. During his student years Lyng was active in the leftist Mot Dag student grouping, and his time in Germany in the early 1930s gave him a strong dislike of totalitarian movements. Before and after World War II he worked as a lawyer and a judge.
He joined the Norwegian resistance movement during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He raised the mountain cabin Skardøla in Sylene, about 50 metres from the Norway-Sweden border, which was used as an outpost by resistance fighters such as Odd Sørli, Johnny Pevik and Nils Uhlin Hansen. Lyng later fled the country, and worked in the 's law office from 1943 to 1944, and in the Norwegian government administration-in-exile in London until 1945.
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