- Helge Rognlien
Helge Rognlien (
14 January 1920 –15 July 2001 ) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in
Oslo .At the outbreak of
World War II , Rognlien was a student at theUniversity of Oslo . After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, he was a member of the new governing body of the Student Society of Norway, which included students from all political groups, except the National Socialists. Rognlien represented the Liberal Student Association. A troubled relationship with the Nazi regime ensued until 15 October 1943, when 63 prominent students were arrested, and Rognlien was one of them. He spent the rest of the war years in captivity inSennheim inAlsace andBuchenwald concentration camp in Germany. [Jorunn Sem Fure, "Universitetet i kamp 1940-1945", (Oslo, 2007)]Having graduated as
cand.jur. in 1945, his career began with a one-year tenure as civil servant in the Minister of Justice and the Police. From 1946 to 1948 he was the leader of theYoung Liberals of Norway , the youth wing of the Liberal Party.On 29 August 1970 he was appointed Minister of Local Government during the centre-right
cabinet Borten , replacingHelge Seip . Rognlien held the position until the cabinet Borten fell in 1971. In 1972 he again replaced Helge Seip, this time as party chairman of the Liberal Party. He held this position until 1974, whenEva Kolstad took over as the first female party leader in Norway.Rognlien was a member of
Bærum municipality council from 1955 to 1960 and 1967 to 1979, and also ofAkershus county council from 1963 to 1975. He never served in the national parliament.He was a member of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1966 to 1973.References
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