Jon Ola Norbom | |
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 Norbom in 1950 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 October 1972 – 16 October 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Lars Korvald |
| Preceded by | Ragnar Christiansen |
| Succeeded by | Per Kleppe |
| State Secretary for theMinistry of Finance | |
| In office 13 February 1967 – 16 October 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Per Borten |
| Minister | Ole Myrvoll |
| Leader of the Young Liberals | |
| In office 1950–1952 | |
| Preceded by | Olaf Kortner |
| Succeeded by | Simen Skjønsberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jon Ola Haguer Norbom (1923-12-15)15 December 1923 Bærum,Akershus, Norway |
| Died | 12 April 2020(2020-04-12) (aged 96) Suwanee,Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Ellen Ann Hook(m. 1954) |
Jon Ola Hauger Norbom (15 December 1923 – 12 April 2020) was a Norwegian economist and politician.
DuringWorld War II, in 1942, Norbom was imprisoned for a brief time atGrini concentration camp. Then, in November 1943, he was among the students who were arrested by theGerman occupying forces in Norway as part of a general imprisonment of all male, non-NS students at theUniversity of Oslo. He was imprisoned in the German concentration campBuchenwald.[1]
From 1950 to 1952, he was the leader of theYoung Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He wasState Secretary in theMinistry of Finance from 1967 to 1969, duringBorten's cabinet, and becameMinister of Finance from 1972 to 1973 during theKorvald's cabinet. Norbom never held elected political office.[2]
He graduated ascand.oecon. from theUniversity of Oslo in 1949, and studied international economics andEuropean integration at theCollege of Europe inBruges from 1952 to 1953. He subsequently worked as a researcher with theNational Bureau of Economic Research, theUnited Nations and theGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1950s and 1960s. He was director in the International Trade Centre Unctad/Gatt from 1973 to 1984, the Permanent Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Social Affairs from 1984 to 1993, and member of the United Nations Social Policy Committee from 1987 to 1990.[2]
Norbom died inSuwanee, Georgia on 12 April 2020, aged 96.[3]
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| Preceded by | Chairman of theYoung Liberals of Norway 1950–1952 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance (Norway) 1972–1973 | Succeeded by |
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