Lars Roar Langslet
Lars Roar Langslet (born March 5, 1936 in Nes , Viken , † January 18, 2016 ) was a Norwegian conservative politician ( Høyre ), historian of ideas and writer.
Life and political career
Langslet obtained a Magister artium (MA) degree in the history of ideas in Norway after completing his military service . From 1957 to 1968 he was editor of the magazine Minerva and in 1960 head of the Det Norske Studentersamfund Association .
In his political career, he was first in 1970 to a member of the Central Committee of the Høyre, MP for Oslo in the Storting 1969-1989 and Chairman of the church and teaching Committee from 1973 to 1980.
From 1981 to 1986 he was Minister for Culture and Science in the Kåre Willoch government . Traditionally, a church department also belonged to this ministry. Since Norwegian law did not allow a Catholic (like Langslet) to be responsible for this matter, this department was outsourced.
One of Langslet's most important goals as Minister of Culture was, after a lively public debate, to end the monopoly of the state (and advertising-free) television and radio broadcaster NRK (Norsk rikskringkasting), which had existed since 1933, and which at the time only operated one radio and one television program. As a result of a change in the law, the first local stations ("nærradioer") that were initially free of advertising were created from 1981/82 onwards, after licenses had been issued . As a result, a considerable variety of privately operated local, regional and national broadcasters has developed from this to the present day.
Later tasks
After his active political days, Langslet was cultural director in Oslo and columnist for the newspaper Aftenposten in 1989/1990 . He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur) and its President ("Preses") from 1995 to 2011. Langslet wrote numerous books, including several biographies, and - in 1991 under the pseudonym Bendik Rosenlund - the detective novel Mord ved statsministerens kontor (Murder in the Prime Minister's Office) .
Awards and honors
- Lytterprisen, awarded by Riksmålsforbund 1977 (Norway)
- Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory with Star 1980 (State of the Vatican)
- Fritt Ords honnør 1984 (Norway)
- Commander of the Order of Art and Literature 1986 (France)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit Adolf von Nassau 1990 (Luxembourg)
- Norsk språkpris 1992 (Norway)
- Commander of the Icelandic Order of Falcons 1993 (Iceland)
- Commander of the Dannebrog Order 1996 (Denmark)
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav 1996 (Norway)
- Karen Blixen Medal 2007 from the Danish Academy (Denmark)
Bibliography (selection)
- Arv og utsyn (1962)
- The young Karl Marx og menneskets Fremdmedgjørelse (1963)
- Conservatisms from Hume til idag (1965)
- Kirken i dialog (1968)
- Enhet and Mangfold (1969)
- Forandre for å bevare (1969)
- Fra sidelinjen (1974)
- Frihet and Order (1974)
- Conservatism history (1975)
- Uro i skolen (1977)
- Om alle Land laa øde - Petter Dass (1984)
- Keiseren og eplekvistene (1987)
- Mennesker and milepæler (1988)
- John Lyng - samarbeidets arkitekt (1989)
- Mord ved statsministerens kontor (1991) (under the pseudonym Bendik Rosenlund)
- Kong Olav V av Norge (1992)
- Henrik Ibsen - Edvard Munch - To genier møtes (1994)
- Fra innsiden - Glimt fra et halvt liv i politikken (1994)
- Olav den Hellige (1995, new edition 1998)
- Ibsen - Norges store dramatist (1995)
- Rev eller pinnsvin? Tre essays om Hamsun (1995)
- Hamsun - Det Skiftende Spillets Dicters (1996)
- Kongen taler (1996)
- Christian IV (1997, new edition 1999)
- Christian Frederik (1st volume 1998, 2nd volume 1999)
- I kamp for norsk culture: riksmålsbevegelsens historie gjennom 100 år (1999)
- Christian IV (1997, new edition 1999)
- Christian Frederik (1st volume 1998, 2nd volume 1999)
- Sønnen (biography of Sigurd Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen's son, 2004)
- Den store ensomme (biography of Ludvig Holberg, 2005)
- Veivisere - Ni norske profiler (2009)
- Conservatisme på norsk - Elleve historiske portretter (2011)
Literature (in German)
- Eckart Klaus Roloff : The broadcasting system in Norway . In: Internationales Handbuch für Rundfunk und Fernsehen 1984/85 . Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg 1984, pp. E 61-67 (further descriptions on this topic e.g. in the manuals of the Hans-Bredow-Institut 1986/87, 1988/89 and 1990/91.)
- Eckart Klaus Roloff: Broadcasting policy in Norway: departure without a solution. Inventory on the occasion of a change of government . In: Media Perspektiven , issue 7/1986, pp. 460–466.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lars Roar Langslet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Storting biography (Norwegian)
- Lars Roar Langslet in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Lars Roar Langslet in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langslet, Lars Roar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian politician (Høyre), member of the Storting, historian of ideas and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nes |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 2016 |