Sjur Lindebrække (6 April 1909 – 1 October 1998) was a Norwegianbanker andConservative politician.[1]
He was born on 6 April 1909, inVoss Municipality.[2]
During the 1940Norwegian Campaign, Lindebrække was mobilized by theNorwegian 4th Division.[3]
From 1940, he worked as assistant manager inBergens Privatbank, and became bank manager in 1945, administrative director in 1959, and from 1969 he was working chairman. He was aStorting representative between 1945 and 1953, and was chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party from 1962 to 1970.
Lindebrække was a member of theNorwegian Nobel Committee from 1976 to 1981.[4] Together withBernt Ingvaldsen he worked to undermineHélder Câmara as candidate, cooperating with the Brazilian ambassador in Oslo as the military dictatorship in Brazil was vehemently against Câmara receiving the Nobel peace prize.[5] He died on 1 October 1998, aged 89.
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