Odvar Nordli

Odvar Nordli


10th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 12 January 1976 – 30 January 1981
Monarch	Olav V
Preceded by	Trygve Bratteli
Succeeded by	Gro Harlem Brundtland
17th County Governor of Hedmark
In office 11 March 1981 – 17 September 1994
Preceded by	Anfinn Lund
Succeeded by	Kjell Borgen
Vice President of the Storting
In office 6 February 1981 – 10 June 1985
President	Per Hysing-Dahl
Preceded by	Svenn Stray
Succeeded by	Reiulf Steen
Minister of Local Government
In office 17 March 1971 – 18 August 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Helge Rognlien
Succeeded by	Johan Skipnes
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 September 1961 – 13 October 1981
Constituency	Hedmark
Personal details
Born	Odvar Nordli (1927-11-03) 3 November 1927 Tangen, Hedmark, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Marit Nordli
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Religion	Church of Norway
Awards	Order of St. Olav
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Norway
Service/branch	Norwegian Army
Years of service	1948
Rank	Corporal
Battles/wars	Cold War

Odvar Nordli (born 3 November 1927) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.

Early life

Nordli grew up in Tangen in Stange, Hedmark. After World War II he served in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany, part of the Allied forces occupying post-war Germany. By education he became a certified accountant before entering politics, and worked in this field until 1961. He served as deputy mayor of Stange municipality from 1951 to 1963.

Political life

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1961, and was re-elected on five occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1954–1957 and 1958–1961.

Nordli became a cabinet member in 1971, serving as Minister of Local Government in the first cabinet Bratteli. He became Prime Minister in 1976, heading the cabinet Nordli which succeeded the second cabinet Bratteli. He had to govern through several tough cases like the so-called double-resolution over NATO and the national controversy over the damming of the Alta-Kautokeino river. The cabinet Nordli sat until February 1981, when it was followed by another labour party cabinet: Brundtland's First Cabinet.

In social policy, Nordli's premiership saw the passage of a law in June 1978 in which sickness benefits were to equal 100% of gross wages from the first day of sickness for up to 312 days for the same sickness.

After retiring as prime minister in 1981, he was elected vice president of the Storting. He served as vice president until 1985.

His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Hedmark, which he held from 1981 until his retirement in 1993. He was also a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1985 to 1993.

Since retiring, Nordli has had a number of books published.

Former prime minister Odvar Nordli at the 2007 Norwegian Labour Party national convention.

References

"Odvar Nordli" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Documentary featuring Nordli
Growth to limits: the Western European welfare states since World War 2: Volume 4 by Peter Flora

Political offices
Preceded by Helge Rognlien	Norwegian Minister of Local Government 1971–1972	Succeeded by Johan Skipnes
Preceded by Trygve Bratteli	Prime Minister of Norway 1976–1981	Succeeded by Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by Anfinn Lund	County Governor of Hedmark 1981–1993	Succeeded by Kjell Borgen

Heads of government of Norway

First Ministers, 1814–1873	Haxthausen Rosenkrantz Sommerhielm Collett Krog Vogt Petersen F. Stang

Prime Ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup

Prime Ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold

WWII 1940–1945	Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940–1945) Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) Quisling (Minister President, 1942–1945)

Prime Ministers, 1945–	Gerhardsen Torp Gerhardsen Lyng Gerhardsen Borten Bratteli Korvald Bratteli Nordli Brundtland Willoch Brundtland Syse Brundtland Jagland Bondevik Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Solberg

Minister of Local Government and Modernisation (Norway)

Olsen (1948–58)
Cappelen (1958–63)
Skogly (1963)
Lyngstad (1963)
Haugland (1963–65)
Seip (1965–70)
Rognlien (1970–71)
Nordli (1971–72)
Skipnes (1972–73)
Aune (1973–78)
Nilsen (1978–79)
Valle (1979–80)
Andreassen (1980–81)
Rettedal (1981–86)
Haraldseth (1986–87)
Engseth (1987–88)
Borgen (1988–89)
Rettedal (1989–90)
Borgen (1990–92)
Berge (1992–96)
Opseth (1996–97)
Queseth Haarstad (1997–99)
Enoksen (1999–2000)
Brustad (2000–01)
Solberg (2001–05)
Haga (2005–07)
Kleppa (2007–09)
Navarsete (2009–13)
Sanner (2013–)

Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) Fredrik Stang (1922–40) Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) Aase Lionæs (1968–78) John Sanness (1979–81) Egil Aarvik (1982–89) Gidske Anderson (1990) Francis Sejersted (1991–99) Gunnar Berge (2000–02) Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) Thorbjørn Jagland (2009–15) Kaci Kullmann Five (2015–)

Members	Løvland (1901–21) Lund (1901–12) Bjørnson (1901–06) Steen (1901–04) Horst (1901–30) Carl Berner (1905–18) Hagerup (1907–20) Hanssen (1913–39) Koht (1918–42) Stang (1921–40) Konow (1922–24) Knudsen (1924) Mowinckel (1925–36) Thallaug (1931–33) Lange (1934–39) Jahn (1938–66) Braadland (1938–48) Vassbotn (1938–39) Hambro (1940–63) Tranmæl (1940–63) Lange (1945–48) Oftedal (1946–47) Ingebretsen (1946) Lionæs (1949–78) Natvig-Pedersen (1964–66) Langhelle (1964–67) Lyng (1964–65) Wikborg (1965–69) Ingvaldsen (1967–75) Refsum (1967–72) Rognlien (1967–73) Sanness (1970–81) Hovdhaugen (1973) Aarvik (1974–89) Haugeland (1974–84) Lindebrække (1976–81) Germeten (1979–84) Anderson (1982–93) Sejersted (1982–99) Nordli (1985–96) Stålsett (1985–2002) Sandegren (1990–96) Kristiansen (1991–94) Kvanmo (1991–2002) Rønbeck (1994–2011) Berge (1997–2002) Kostøl (1997) Ytterhorn (2000–) Mjøs (2003–08) Furre (2003–08) Five (2003–) Jagland (2009–) Valle (2009–14) Reiss-Andersen (2011–) Syse (2015–)

Secretaries	Christian Lous Lange (1901–09) Ragnvald Moe (1910–45) August Schou (1946–73) Tim Greve (1974–77) Jakob Sverdrup (1978–89) Geir Lundestad (1990–2015) Olav Njølstad (2015–)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 1291808 LCCN: n79086012 ISNI: 0000 0000 3002 9470 SUDOC: 145346447 BIBSYS: 90073230

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