Bjarne Lyngstad

Bjarne Lyngstad (born January 9, 1901 in Inderøy , Fylke Nord-Trøndelag ; † September 4, 1971 ) was a Norwegian politician of the left-wing liberal Venstre (V), who was a member of the Storting for eight years and was Minister for Local Affairs and Labor in the government in 1963 from Prime Minister John Lyng and from 1965 to 1970 Minister of Agriculture in the government of Prime Minister Per Borten .

Life

Teacher, farmer and local politician

Lyngstad, son of the farmer Andreas Lyngstad and his wife Inga Vist, completed various courses at the Folk High School in Askov Sogn , the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Norwegian Agricultural College (Norges landbrukshøgskole) after attending adult education center and agricultural school . After completing his studies, he became a teacher at the Sund Adult Education Center in 1926 , where he taught until 1940. He also ran a farm in Inderøy from 1930 to 1970 .

At this time he also began his political career in local politics and was between 1930 and 1933 and again from 1936 to 1945 member of the Inderøy local council and then between 1945 and 1947 Vice-Mayor of this municipality . Subsequently, Lyngstad was Mayor of Inderøy from 1947 to 1952 and then from 1952 to 1955 a member of the local council before he was again Vice Mayor of Inderøy from 1955 to 1961. At the same time he was chairman of Venstre in Fylke Nord-Trøndelag between 1953 and 1958.

Storting member and minister

After he was a vice-member of Storting for Fylke Nord-Trøndelag between 1954 and 1961 as a candidate for Venstre, he was elected member of Storting in the election of September 11, 1961 and represented it until the election on September 8, 1969 The Fylke Nord-Trøndelag for eight years.

In addition, from 1958 until his death in 1971 he was a member of the regional board of Venstre and was also active as chairman of the Trøndelag egg center from 1958, as chairman of the Norwegian Poultry Association (Norsk Fjørfeavlslag) from 1959 and finally as chairman of the committee between 1960 and 1971 for the agricultural schools.

During his membership in parliament, Lyngstad, who was vice-chairman of Venstre responsible for organizing the party from 1960 to 1963, was vice-secretary of the Storting for the first time between January 6, 1961 and August 28, 1963 and was also a vice-member of the parliamentary group the Venstre.

On August 28, 1963, Lyngstad was appointed by Prime Minister John Lyng as Minister of Local Affairs and Labor (Kommunal- og Arbeidsminister) in his government, which he served until the end of Lyng's term only four weeks later on September 25, 1963.

Subsequently, between September 25, 1963 and September 30, 1965, he was again a member of the committee of the Venstre and at the same time from October 1, 1963 to September 30, 1965 again Vice-Secretary of the Storting.

Lyngstad was appointed Minister of Agriculture (Landbruksminister) in his government on October 12, 1965 by Prime Minister Per Borten . He held this ministerial office until he was replaced by his party friend Hallvard Eika as part of a cabinet reshuffle on August 21, 1970 .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Storting
• Biography in the store norske leksikon