Erling Wikborg

Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Preceded byNils Lavik

Succeeded byEinar Hareide

Prime MinisterJohn Lyng

Preceded byHalvard Lange

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Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg in 1951.
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 26 April 1951 – 20 May 1955
Preceded by	Nils Lavik
Succeeded by	Einar Hareide
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963
Prime Minister	John Lyng
Preceded by	Halvard Lange
Succeeded by	Halvard Lange
Personal details
Born	(1894-11-05)5 November 1894 Drammen, Norway
Died	6 April 1992(1992-04-06) (aged 97) Oslo, Norway
Party	Christian Democratic

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1945, and was re-elected from Oslo on two occasions.

Wikborg held a number of other prominent posts. He was the second leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 1951 to 1955, and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the short-lived centre-right Cabinet of John Lyng.

A lawyer by profession, he was born in Drammen, graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923. Wikborg died on 6 April 1992 at the age of 97.^{[citation needed]}