Kaare Foster full

Kaare Fostervoll (born December 3, 1891 in Kristiansund , Fylke Møre og Romsdal ; † July 6, 1981 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian politician of the Arbeiderpartiet , who was a member of the Storting for four years and minister for churches and education in the from 1945 to 1948 first and second government of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen was. From 1948 to 1962 he was director of the state broadcasting company NRK ( Norsk rikskringkasting ) . During this time, the first TV test broadcasts were recorded in 1954 and regular broadcasting began in 1960.

Life

Studies, youth functionary and teacher

Fostervoll, son of the headmaster Kristen Fostervoll and his wife Anna Karoline Kvande, worked as an office clerk in the administration of Nordmøre from 1910 to 1911 after attending school and also completed a teaching degree, which he completed in 1912 with the teaching exam. He then worked as a teacher at a primary and elementary school between 1912 and 1919 and then as a teacher at a secondary school from 1920 to 1927. In addition, he completed a degree in philology , which he finished after studying in France and England in 1925 as Candidatus philologiæ (Cand. Philol.). During this time he was in 1923 also chairman of the student association DNS ( Norwegian Students' Society ) . In addition, he was first secretary between 1923 and 1925 and then from 1925 to 1927 vice-chairman of the social democratic youth association NSU (Norges sosialdemokratiske ungdomsforbund) .

Then Fostervoll was between 1927 and 1938 Rector of the Firda High School and then from 1938 to 1948 Rector of the Public Higher General School of Ålesund . During this time he went on study trips to Germany and Austria in 1929 . In addition to his work as a school director, Fostervoll, who between 1934 and 1938 was chairman of the Arbeiderpartiet von Gloppen , 1937 as chairman of the advisory board of the evening school for technology in Gloppen and 1939 as head of the vocational school in Ålesund.

Minister, Storting member and director of the NRK

After the formation of the all-party government (Samlingsregjeringen) by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen from the Arbeiderpartiet on July 25, 1945, he was appointed Minister for Churches and Education (Kirke- og Undervisningsminister) in its first government and also held this ministerial office in the second Gerhardsen government he was replaced on June 28, 1948 by his fellow party member Lars Moen .

In the election of October 8, 1945 , he was elected as a candidate for the Arbeiderpartiet as a member of the Storting and represented the minor cities of Kristiansund, Molde and Ålesund in Fylke Møre og Romsdal until the end of this legislative period on January 10, 1950 . After leaving the government, he served from July 1, 1948 to January 10, 1950 as chairman of the Storting Committee for Churches and Schools.

In addition, after completing his ministerial position in 1948, he succeeded Knut Tvedt as director of the state broadcasting company NRK (Norsk rikskringkasting) and held this office until he was replaced by Hans Jacob Ustvedt in 1962. With a 14-year term of office, he was the director of the NRK with the longest term of office to date. During this time, the first TV test broadcasts were recorded in 1954 and regular broadcasting began in 1960.

Publications

• Study plan i samfundsøkonomi , Oslo 1934
• Arbeiderskandinavismen i grunnleggingstida , Oslo 1935
• Mot rikare mål. Den norske folkehøgskule 1864-1964 , Oslo 1964
• Stortingets historie 1814-1964 , co-author, Oslo 1964
• Norge 1914-64 , co-author Oslo 1964

Web links

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