Otto Grieg Tidemand

Otto Grieg Tidemand

Otto Grieg Tidemand (born June 18, 1921 in Christiania ; † June 10, 2006 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian economic manager , entrepreneur and politician of the Høyre , who served in the government of Prime Minister Per Borten from 1965 to 1970, first defense minister and then between 1970 and 1971 was still Minister for Trade and Shipping.

Life

Second World War and owner of a shipping company

Tidemand, son of the wholesaler Sverre Tidemand and his wife Else Grieg, began studying and taking a course at the Oslo Commercial High School after attending school in 1940, which he interrupted in 1941 to complete pilot training at a flight school in Canada by 1942 . He was then a pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) air force (Luftforsvaret) between 1942 and 1946 and received several awards for his services. He received the Haakon VIIs 70-årsmedalje (medal for the 70th birthday of King Haakon VII. , 1943), the Distinguished Flying Cross (1944), the Krigsmedaljen (war medal, 1944), the St. Olavsmedaljen med Ekegren (St. Olav Medal with Oak Leaves, 1944) and the Deltagermedaljen (Participant Medal, 1945).

After the end of the war he was initially a charterer and between 1950 and 1960 co-owner of the family ship brokerage company Joachim Grieg & Co. , before he was owner of the shipping company Stove Shipping og Christen Smith Shipping & Co. from 1960 . In addition, between 1962 and 1965 he was a member of the board of directors of Norges Bank , the central bank of Norway, and president of the Norwegian Golf Association.

Minister in Government Borten

On October 12, 1965, Tidemand, who between 1962 and 1965 was also a member of the central board of the conservative Høyre and chairman of its finance committee, was appointed by Prime Minister Per Borten as Minister of Defense (Forsvarsminister) in his government. As part of a government reshuffle, he took over the office of Minister for Trade and Shipping (Handels- og Skipsfartsminister) on June 5, 1970 from his party friend Kåre Willoch , while Gunnar Hellesen succeeded him as Minister of Defense. He held the office of Minister for Trade and Shipping until the end of Borten's term on March 17, 1971.

In his role as Minister of Commerce from 1970 to 1971, he was a member of both the Council of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank . In 1970 Tidemand, who was also chairman of the Høyre of Oslo between 1970 and 1974, was awarded the Grand Cross 2nd Class of the Federal Cross of Merit.

Economic manager

After leaving the government, Tidemand took on numerous other managerial positions in the economy in addition to managing his own shipping company. He was also 1972-1976 chairman of the oil company Saga Petroleum and from 1975 to 1978 CEO of shipyard Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted A / S and from 1978 to 1997 CEO of the Norwegian subsidiary of the Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco .

Furthermore, Tidemand, who also became the commander of the Saint Olav Order in 1977, was chairman of the board of the shipping company A / S Kosmos between 1979 and 1988, chairman of the supervisory board of Saga Petroleum from 1980 to 1981 and chairman of the board of directors of the oil company Norske Fina between 1981 and 1996 . In addition, he served as CEO of the mining company SNSK ( Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani ) from 1982 to 1987 and as CEO of the research company Vesta Hygea between 1984 and 1986 .

For his services, Tidemand was also Commander First Class of the Swedish North Star Order in 1990 and Commander of the Leopold Order of Belgium in 1997 .

Publications

• Current spørsmål om vår forsvarsppolitikk and sikkerhetspektivenk , Oslo 1968
• Betraktninger om 1970-årenes forsvars- og sikkerhetspektivenk , Oslo 1970

Web links

Commons : Otto Grieg Tidemand  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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