Finn song

Finn song

Finn Lied (born April 12, 1916 in Fana , Bergen , Fylke Hordaland ; † October 10, 2014 ) was a Norwegian economic manager and politician of the Labor Party , who was Industry Minister in the first government of Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli between 1971 and 1972 . He was later chairman of the board of the Statoil oil company from 1974 to 1984 .

Life

Army officer and director of the FFI Military Research Institute

Lied, son of the pharmacist Sigvald Lied and the pharmacist Astri Schjøtt, began studying engineering in 1936 after attending school , which he interrupted during the Second World War to join the armed forces (Forsvaret) . After an officer training in the United Kingdom from 1942 to 1943, he served as a captain in the army between 1944 and 1945 .

After the war, Lied continued his studies at the Norwegian Technical University NTH (Norges Tekniske Høgskole) , which he graduated as an engineer in 1946. He was then a research fellow between 1946 and 1951 at the Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt (FFI), an institution for military research subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. During this time he completed studies in Great Britain from 1946 to 1947 and again between 1952 and 1953.

After his return, Lied was initially head of research at the FFI before he was director of the Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt between 1957 and his retirement in 1983 . He was also chairman of the council of the technical center of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) of NATO in Mons from 1958 to 1963 and also chairman of the Institute for Atomic Energy IFA (Institutt for Atomenergi) for the first time between 1960 and 1971 . At the same time, he served as chairman of the NATO Defense Research Group from 1966 to 1969 and also chaired the AGARD Advisory Group on Space Research and Development between 1967 and 1970.

For his scientific merits, he became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technical Sciences (Norges Tekniske Videnskapsakademi) in Trondheim in 1968 and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences DNVA (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi) in 1971 .

Minister of Industry from 1971 to 1972 and Chairman of the Statoil Board of Directors

On March 17, 1971, Lied was appointed by Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli as Minister of Industry (Minister of Industry) in his first government, to which he belonged until the end of Bratteli's term on October 18, 1972. Interim Minister of Industry was in the meantime from September 24 to November 4, 1971. Trade and Shipping Minister Per Kleppe was .

Between 1979 and 1986 he was again chairman of the Institute for Atomic Energy, which was renamed the Institute for Energy Technology IFE (Institutt for energiteknikk) in 1980 .

After leaving the government, Lied took over numerous functions in the economy and was chairman of the board of the energy company Statoil (Den norske stats oljeselskap) between 1974 and 1984 . He was also from 1976 to 1978 chairman of the Polytechnic Association (Polyteknisk Forening) . Furthermore, from 1977 to 1978 he was CEO of the consumer electronics manufacturer A / S Tandbergs Radiofabrikk and from 1980 to 1995 CEO of Simrad A / S , a company that deals with fishing and fish tracking technology and has been involved in the development of sonar systems since 1953 .

In 1979 he also became chairman of the committee to review structural problems and growth opportunities in Norwegian industry, and from 1979 to 1985 he was also chairman of the energy research committee of the Norwegian Technical and Scientific Research Council. In addition, he was also chairman of the board of Norsk Olje A / S between 1980 and 1982 and then chairman of the audit committee for satellite remote sensing from 1982 to 1983 and then chairman of the control council for the cable network between 1984 and 1988.

He also served as Chairman of the Space Policy Committee from 1985 to 1986 and Chairman of the State Telecommunications Administration from 1985 to 1986. Most recently he was CEO of Rana Invest from 1985 to 1995 .

honors and awards

For his longstanding services, he was appointed Commander of the Saint Olav Order in 1980 and Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1982 . In addition, he received the Defense Medal with Laurel Leaves in 1983 and was also an external member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering in 1983 (Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien) .

In 1987 he was awarded the gold medal of the Norwegian Sports Federation and the Olympic and Paralympic Committee NIF (Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité) . He also became an honorary member of the Norwegian Petroleum Association in 1986 and an honorary member of the Polytechnic Association in 1989.

publication

• Structural problems og vekstmuligheter i norsk industri , 1979

Web links

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