Arthur Nordlie
Arthur Henry Eugen Nordlie (born February 2, 1883 in Kristiania ; † January 8, 1965 ) was a Norwegian entrepreneur , sports function and politician of the conservative Høyre and between 1945 and 1950 its chairman.
Life
Nordlie, who was a member of Lyn Oslo and president of the Norwegian Football Association ( Norges Fotballforbund ) from 1904 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1910 , founded an architecture and bricklaying company in Oslo in 1908 and has been an entrepreneur ever since.
In 1920 he began his political career in local politics when he was elected as a representative of the Høyre to the city council of Oslo and belonged to it until 1956. In addition, Nordlie, who was also chairman of the Norwegian Craftsmen Association ( Norges Håndverkerforbund ) between 1923 and 1938 , was elected for the first time as a member of the Storting for Høyre in 1927 , where he represented Oslo until 1945. In 1926 he was one of the initiators for the construction of the Ullevaal Stadium .
After the end of the Second World War , he became chairman of the Høyre in 1945 and thus quasi-successor to Ole Ludvig Bærøe , who was party chairman until the occupation of Norway by the German Wehrmacht in 1940. He held the office of party chairman until he was replaced by Carl Joachim Hambro in 1950.
He was also a member of the organizing committee for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Web links
- Biography in the store norske leksikon
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| SURNAME | Nordlie, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nordlie, Arthur Henry Eugen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian politician (Høyre), member of the Storting and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kristiania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1965 |