Einar Hareide

Einar Hareide (born October 24, 1899 in Ålesund , Møre og Romsdal ; † April 7, 1983 ) was a Norwegian entrepreneur and politician of the Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF), who was a member of the Storting for 20 years and chairman of the KrF for twelve years.

Life

Entrepreneurs and local political activities

Hareide, son of the owner of a fishing shipping company , visited after the completion of secondary school from 1918 to 1920, the trade school and was then from 1921 to 1960 as Managing Director of the parent company operates the Havfiske og handelsselskapet Johan E. Hareide A / S . In addition, he was the managing director of several other companies, namely from 1926 to 1960 of A / S Øyulf , from 1929 to 1965 of Havfiskeselskapene A / S Fangst and between 1935 and 1965 of A / S Bard .

Furthermore, he was involved in the Christian youth association of Norway ( Norges Kristelige ungdomsforbund ) for several decades and was initially chairman of its local association in Hareid from 1920 to 1937 and a member of the board of directors in Møre og Romsdal from 1924 to 1957 and also a member of the national board between 1928 and 1948 Organization.

He was also involved in numerous local and national professional and business associations, such as from 1936 to 1968 as a board member of the State Guarantee Fund for Fishermen and Hunters and from 1946 to 1964 as a deputy member and member of the Council for Logger Fishing .

In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, he began in the early 1930s his political activities in the local politics and was from 1931 to 1937 member of the Municipal Council of Hareid .

Deputy and chairman of the KrF

After the end of the occupation of Norway by the German Wehrmacht and the Second World War , Hareide was elected as a candidate for the Kristelig Folkeparti for the first time in 1945 and represented the constituency of Møre og Romsdal for 20 years until 1965 . Between 1947 and 1949 and again from 1952 to 1954 he was a member of the program committee of his party.

In January 1950 he became vice chairman of the KrF faction in Storting and held this position until September 1965.

After he was deputy chairman of the KrF from 1951 to 1955, he succeeded Erling Wikborg as chairman of the Kristelig Folkeparti in 1955 and held this position for twelve years until 1967. At the same time, he was a member of the working committee of his party during these years.

During his long membership in parliament, between January 1954 and September 1965 he was vice-president of the Lagting , the then second chamber of the Storting. Between January 1954 and September 1965 he was also deputy chairman of the Maritime and Fisheries Committee.

Furthermore, he was, among other temporary member of Stortingausschüsse Maritime and Fisheries ( Sjøfarts- og fiskerikomité ), elections ( Valgkomité ) and Foreign and Constitutional Affairs ( Utenriks- og konstitusjonskomité ) and temporarily deputy delegate to the Nordic Council , member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and from 1962 to 1969 delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations .

In 1965 he was appointed commander of the Order of Saint Olav for his many years of political and entrepreneurial services .

Web links

• Biography in store norske leksikon (online version)
• Entry on the homepage of the Storting