- Odvar Nordli
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Odvar Nordli 
Prime Minister of Norway In office
12 January 1976 – 30 January 1981Monarch Olav V Preceded by Trygve Bratteli Succeeded by Gro Harlem Brundtland Personal details Born 3 November 1927
Tangen, NorwayPolitical party Norwegian Labour Party Signature 
Odvar Nordli (help·info) (born 3 November 1927) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981.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. 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. Nordli became Prime Minister in 1976, heading the cabinet Nordli which succeeded the second cabinet Bratteli. Nordli 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.
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.
References
- "Odvar Nordli" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=ODNO&tab=Biography.
- Documentary featuring Nordli
Preceded by
Helge RognlienNorwegian Minister of Local Government
1971–1972Succeeded by
Johan SkipnesPreceded by
Trygve BratteliPrime Minister of Norway
1976–1981Succeeded by
Gro Harlem BrundtlandPreceded by
Anfinn LundCounty Governor of Hedmark
1981–1993Succeeded by
Kjell BorgenHeads of government of Norway First Ministers, 1814–1873 
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905 Prime Ministers, 1905–1940 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 • StoltenbergMembers 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 (since 2009)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–) · Berge (1997–2002) · Kostøl (1997) · Ytterhorn (2000–) · Mjøs (2003–08) · Furre (2003–08) · Five (2003–) · Jagland (2009–) · Valle (2009–)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–)Categories:- 1927 births
- Living people
- Labour Party (Norway) politicians
- Members of the Parliament of Norway
- Government ministers of Norway
- Norwegian politician, 1920s birth stubs
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