Ivar Lykke (politician)
Ivar Lykke | |
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17th Prime Minister of Norway | |
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928 | |
Monarch | Haakon VII |
Preceded by | J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | Christopher Hornsrud |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | Edvard Bull, Sr. |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 January 1916 – 4 December 1945 | |
Constituency | Trondheim and Levanger |
Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 1923–1926 | |
Preceded by | Otto B. Halvorsen |
Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro |
President of the Storting | |
In office 1 January 1919 – 31 December 1927 Serving with Gunnar Knudsen, Anders Buen, Ivar P. Tveiten, Otto B. Halvorsen, Gunder A. Jahren and C. J. Hambro | |
Prime Minister | Gunnar Knudsen Otto B. Halvorsen Otto Blehr Abraham Berge J. L. Mowinckel |
Preceded by | Martin Olsen Nalum Ivar P. Tveiten J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro |
Personal details | |
Born | Trondhjem, Sør-Trøndelag, Sweden-Norway | 9 January 1872
Died | 4 December 1949 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway | (aged 77)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Petra Anker Bachke |
Profession | Merchant |
Ivar Lykke (9 January 1872, Trondheim – 4 December[1] 1949, Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party, who served as the 17th prime minister of Norway from 1926 to 1928. He was also president of the Storting from 1919 to 1927.[2]
World War Two
[edit]Lykke was a member of the parliament's presidium in 1940;[3] he stepped in (according to mandate) for president in exile, C. J. Hambro.[4]
On 27 June 1940 Lykke, and others of parliament's presidium, signed an appeal to King Haakon, about [the desire for] his abdication.[3] (The presidium back then consisted of the presidents and vicepresidents of parliament, Odelstinget and Lagtinget.[5])
1945
[edit]After World War Two, he and others were criticized (for actions in 1940) by a parliamentary fact-finding commission.
Visit by King Haakon
[edit]By 1947 he was still being treated for cancer.[4]
During King Haakon's visit that year to Trondheim, he diverged from his official program to visit Lykke.[4] Lykke said "Thou can believe that we had it difficult here in Norway in the summer of 1940".[4] The king replied, "That is exactly why I am coming to You, dear Ivar Lykke", and stretched forward his hand" [for greeting].[4]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.ub.ntnu.no/formidl/hist/privark/p004/lykke_i_p004.pdf[permanent dead link] Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim (Biography of Lykke, Ivar in Norwegian language. Retrieved Nov.20, 2008)
- ^ Stortingets presidentskap
- ^ a b Tor Bomann-Larsen (2014-03-14). "Stortinget hvitvasker sin krigshistorie". Aftenposten.
- ^ a b c d e Ivar Lykke
- ^ Stortingets presidentskap