Otto Grieg Tidemand was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

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He was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

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From 1965 to 5 June 1970 he served as the Minister of Defence

Minister of Defence (Norway)

The Norwegian Minister of Defence is a Councillor of the Council of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the position has existed since the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of the Navy was combined into the Minister of Defence...

 during the centre-right cabinet of Per Borten

Per Borten

was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and Prime Minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party...

. On this date he was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping

Minister of Trade and Shipping (Norway)

The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping is a defunct minister who was head of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Shipping between 6 December 1947 and 1 January 1988 when it was merged with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The function of trade has since been transferred to the...

, a position he held until the Borten cabinet fell in 1971.

Tidemand was president of the Norwegian Golf Federation from 1962 to 1965. He held numerous board memberships in Norwegian corporations, notably serving as chairman of the board of Saga Petroleum

Saga Petroleum

Saga Petroleum was a Norwegian upstream petroleum company established in 1972 that was acquired by Norsk Hydro in 1999. Since October 2007 it is a part of Statoil. The company was the only fully private oil company in Norway. It had partial ownership in 60 oil field licenses and was operator of 18...

 (1972-1976), Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco

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 Norway (1978-1997), Vesta Hygea (1984-1986), Fina

Petrofina

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 Norway (1981-1996) and Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

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(1982-1987).