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Egil Aarvik

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PresidentTorild Skard
Preceded byAase Lionæs
Succeeded byLiv Andersen
Vice PresidentAase Lionæs
Egil Aarvik
Vice President of the Lagting
In office
9 October 1973 – 30 September 1977
PresidentTorild Skard
Preceded byAase Lionæs
Succeeded byLiv Andersen
President of the Lagting
In office
24 October 1972 – 30 September 1973
Vice PresidentAase Lionæs
Preceded byLars Korvald
Succeeded byTorild Skard
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
12 October 1965 – 17 March 1971
Prime MinisterPer Borten
Preceded byOlav Gjærevoll
Succeeded byOdd Højdahl
Personal details
Born(1912-12-12)12 December 1912
Died19 July 1990(1990-07-19) (aged 77)
Oslo, Norway
PartyChristian Democratic

Egil Aarvikⓘ (12 December 1912 – 19 July 1990) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, author and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1982 to 1990.[1]

He grew up at Børsa in Søndre Trondhjem county, Norway. He was the son of Julius Aarvik (1890–1961) and Louise Lie (1889–1973). After attending a folk high school in 1933, he was hired as a secretary in the Norwegian Lutheran Mission Society (Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap). From 1940 to 1946 he was the mission secretary in Stavanger.[2][3][4]

He worked as a journalist in Trondheim for Dagsavisa from 1947 to 1950,[5] before advancing to be editor-in-chief of that local Christian newspaper. In 1955, he left to work full-time as editor-in-chief of Folkets Framtid. He subsequently moved to Grorud, where he sat on the congregational council (1962–1966).[3][6]

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