Kåre Willoch
| Kåre Willoch | |
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| 12th Prime Minister of Norway | |
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In office 14 October 1981 – 2 May 1986 |
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| Monarch | Olav V |
| Preceded by | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Succeeded by | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 22 March 1979 – 2 May 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Sjur Lindebrække |
| Succeeded by | Erling Norvik |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | |
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In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963 |
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| Prime Minister | John Lyng |
| Preceded by | Trygve Lie |
| Succeeded by | Sverre Walter Rostoft |
| President of the Nordic Council | |
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In office 1973–1973 |
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| Preceded by | V. J. Sukselainen |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Antonsson |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
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In office 14 October 1957 – 12 September 1989 |
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| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
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Kåre Isaachsen Willoch 3 October 1928 Bestum, Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Marie Jørgensen |
| Children | 3 |
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| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Religion | Lutheran |
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Kåre Isaachsen Willoch (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈkɔːɾə ˈiːsaksən ˈʋɪlɔk]; born 3 October 1928) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1963 and 1965–1970, as President of the Nordic Council in 1973, and as Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986. Willoch was Chairman of the Conservative Party 1970–1974.
He since has held the offices of Governor of Akershus (1989–1998) and Chairman of NRK (1998–2000).
Willoch graduated as an economist (cand. oecon.) from the University of Oslo. He served in the Norwegian Brigade that formed part of the Allied occupation in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, after World War II, and became a dedicated friend of Germany during that time.
He speaks Norwegian, English, German and French, and has published a number of books.
Willoch was born on 3 October 1928, in Oslo, to Haakon Isaachsen Willoch (1896–1955) and his wife Agnes Christine Saure (1895–1994). He grew up in the West End of Oslo, and took examen artium in 1947. After that, he studied economics at the University of Oslo, where he was taught by the Nobel Prize winners Trygve Haavelmo and Ragnar Frisch. He graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1953. Since 1951, Willoch was a member of the Oslo city council, and in 1954 he became a deputy in the Parliament of Norway. He became a member of parliament after the 1957 parliamentary election, and was with 29 years the then youngest MP.
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