Vidkunn Hveding
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Vidkunn Hveding | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Petroleum and Energy | |
| In office 14 October 1981 – 8 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch |
| Preceded by | Arvid Johanson |
| Succeeded by | Kåre Kristiansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1921 |
| Died | 19 May 2001 (aged 80) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Grete Blydt Qvisler (m. 1986)Tone Barth
(m. 1963; died 1980)Marie Palmstrøm
(m. 1948; div. 1963) |
Vidkunn Hveding (27 March 1921 – 19 May 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1981–1983.[1] Hveding was born in Orkdal Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, and was a civil engineer by profession.[2] He was married to Marie Palmstrøm (1 September 1926 – 1 October 1986) from 1948 to 1963, and remarried in 1963 to Tone Barth (25 January 1924 - 10 October 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (b. 1928).[3] He died in Tysfjord Municipality in 2001.
