About Vidkunn Hveding
Lived 1921 – 2001 (aged 80). Vidkunn Hveding was a Norwegian politician, author and civil engineer.
Vidkunn Hveding (27 March 1921 – 19 May 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1981–1983. Hveding was born in Orkdal Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, and was a civil engineer by profession. He was married to Marie Palmstrøm (1 September 1926 – 1 October 1986) from 1948 to 1963, and remarried in 1963 to Tone Barth (25 January 1924 - 10 October 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (b. 1928). He died in Tysfjord Municipality in 2001.
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Norwegian politician (1921–2001)
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Vidkunn Hveding was born on 27 March 1921 in Orkdal Municipality.
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Vidkunn Hveding died on 19 May 2001 in Tysfjord.
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Vidkunn Hveding was a politician, author and civil engineer.
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