Eivind Eckbo
Eivind Eckbo (born August 10, 1927 in Oslo ; † May 7, 2017 ) was a Norwegian politician of the progressive party FrP ( Fremskrittspartiet ) . Between 1974 and 1975 he was acting chairman of the predecessor party ALP (Anders Langes parti) .
Life
Eckbo worked as a lawyer after studying and was originally a member of the farmers' party Bp ( Bondepartiet ) . In 1973 he joined the ALP (Anders Langes parti til sterk nedsettelse av skatter, avgifter og offentlige inngrep) founded by Anders Lange and named after him , which campaigned for a strong reduction in taxes, levies and state regulations and opposed the social democratic welfare state , the Keynesian economic policy and alleged lack of resistance of the conservative Høyre to this policy turned. After the death of the party founder and chairman Anders Lange on October 18, 1974, he temporarily took over the office of party chairman of the ALP and held this position until he was replaced by Arve Lønnum in 1975.
After the ALP was renamed the Progressive Party FrP ( Fremskrittspartiet ) in 1977 , Eckbo became involved in this and was for the first time deputy member of parliament ( Storting ) from 1985 to 1989 , where he represented Oslo . In 1990, Eckbo became a member of the Audit Commission ( Riksrevisjonen ) , which was subordinate to the Storting, and was a member of it until 1994. Between 1993 and 1997 he acted again for the FrP as a deputy Storting member for Oslo and then again from 1998 to 2002 as a member and at the same time as deputy chairman of the Riksrevisjonen .
Eckbo was married to the FrP politician Margaret Eckbo, who was Oslo City Councilor for Welfare and Social Services between 2003 and 2006.
Web links
- Entry on the Storting website
- Carl Alfred Dahl: Eivind Eckbo er død. Tidligere formann for the day he Fremskrittspartiet døde søndag, 89 år gammel . In: Aftenposten , May 9, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ravik Jupskås, Olav Garvik: Fremskrittspartiet . Entry in the norske leksikon store , March 22, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017 (Norwegian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckbo, Eivind |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 2017 |