Halvard Lange
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Halvard Manthey Lange was a Norwegian
diplomat, politician and statesman.
He became a member of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1927. Two years later, in 1929, he earned a Master of Arts degree. He worked as a teacher 1930-35 and lectured at the University of Oslo
1935-38.
He was arrested by the Nazi German
occupying forces in 1942 and spent the rest of the war in various concentration camps.
He was the Norwegian foreign minister from 1946 till 1965, except for a month in 1963 during the administration of John Lyng
.
Just before taking the job of foreign minister, he became a member of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee in 1945; although he went on leave in 1946, when he took up the foreign minister's job, he remained officially on the committee until 1948. He was viewed as "right-wing" politician in the Norwegian Labour Party, partially because of his strong support for Western alignment.
Mr. Lange was, together with Lester B. Pearson
and Gaetano Martino
, one of the "three wise men" on the "Committee of Three" advising NATO on ways to strengthen its non-military cooperation. A result of this work was the formation of the NATO Science Programme in 1957.
His father was Nobel Peace Prize winner Christian Lous Lange
. His brother Carl Viggo
also became a member of Parliament.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
diplomat, politician and statesman.
He became a member of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1927. Two years later, in 1929, he earned a Master of Arts degree. He worked as a teacher 1930-35 and lectured at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
1935-38.
He was arrested by the Nazi German
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
occupying forces in 1942 and spent the rest of the war in various concentration camps.
He was the Norwegian foreign minister from 1946 till 1965, except for a month in 1963 during the administration of John Lyng
John Lyng
was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 28 August to 25 September 1963 in a coalition government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic, and Liberal parties.He was originally a member of the Liberal Left Party, heading the...
.
Just before taking the job of foreign minister, he became a member of the Norwegian Nobel
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
Committee in 1945; although he went on leave in 1946, when he took up the foreign minister's job, he remained officially on the committee until 1948. He was viewed as "right-wing" politician in the Norwegian Labour Party, partially because of his strong support for Western alignment.
Mr. Lange was, together with Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
and Gaetano Martino
Gaetano Martino
Gaetano Martino was an Italian politician and university teacher.A native of Messina, Sicily, he was a member of Italian Liberal Party. Gaetano Martino was one of the participants of the Messina Conference in 1955, which would lead to the Treaty of Rome in 1957...
, one of the "three wise men" on the "Committee of Three" advising NATO on ways to strengthen its non-military cooperation. A result of this work was the formation of the NATO Science Programme in 1957.
His father was Nobel Peace Prize winner Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism....
. His brother Carl Viggo
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Christian Lous Lange and Bertha Manthey , and brother of August and Halvard Manthey Lange. He enrolled as a student in 1922, and graduated with the cand.med. degre in 1929...
also became a member of Parliament.