Arnljot Ole Strømme-Svendsen (5 December 1921 – 5 January 2022) was a Norwegian economist and Conservative politician.

Biography

Born in

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, he was the son of Ole A. Strømm-Svendsen (

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, 1883–1975) and wife Dagmar Bærem (

, 1886–1976). He graduated with the

cand.oecon. Candidatus oeconomices (male) or Candidata oeconomices (female), often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Education in Denmark, Danish, Háskóli Íslands, Icelandic and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities ...

degree in 1946, having

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his secondary education five years previously. In 1948 he was hired as a research fellow at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He was promoted to

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in 1956, and to professor ten years later. He managed the Institute of Economics from 1957 to 1967 and the Institute of Shipping Economics from 1958 to his retirement in 1991. In 1953 he married Bertha I. Nygaard. Having been a member of

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city council from 1956 to 1967, he chaired the local

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chapter from 1967 to 1970. In 1972 he led the county chapter of Ja til EF, the organization campaigning for "Yes" in the

1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum A referendum on joining the European Community was held in Norway on 25 September 1972. After a long period of heated debate, the "no" side won with 54% of the vote. Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli, who had championed a "yes" vote, resigned as a r ...

. Svendsen also chaired the board of the theatre Den Nationale Scene from 1960 to 1991, the Norwegian Theatres Association from 1970 to 1992, and the board of

Den norske Creditbank Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. In 1990 it merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank (DnB). The bank was based in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most pop ...

's department in Bergen. He helped found the

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, chairing its board for ten years. He was also a board member of the

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, and an ordinary member of the

National Wages Board The National Wages Board ( no, Rikslønnsnemnda) is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes. Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration ( no, tvungen lønnsnemnd) when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and emp ...

. He authored biographies on

Vebjørn Tandberg Vebjørn Tandberg (16 September 1904 – 30 August 1978) was a Norwegian electronics engineer. Tandberg was born at Bodø in Nordland, Norway. He attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim (1930). He founded '' Tandbergs R ...

(together with

Helmer Dahl Helmer Hartmann Dahl (17 June 1908 – 29 March 1999) was a Norwegian electrical engineer and director of research at the Chr. Michelsen Institute. Biography Dahl was born at Sarpsborg in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of Karl Theodor Dahl (186 ...

Rolf Berntzen Rolf Johannes Berntzen (4 June 1918 – 22 September 2005) was a Norwegian actor, and the grandfather of the Norwegian musician Julian Berntzen. He was born in Bergen, co-founded ''Bergens Dramatiske Klubb'' in 1939, made his debut at Den Nationa ...

and Lothar Lindtner (with Alf H. Madsen), and Hilmar Reksten. Other important books are ''Sea Transport and Shipping Economics'' (1958), ''Industriens historie i Norge'' (1969, with Gunnar Christie Wasberg) and ''I fartens, kraftens og velstandens epoke'' (1977). His academic publications count approximately 120, and he was a member of the Selskapet til Vitenskapenes Fremme from 1967. Svendsen also won an

Hedda Award The Hedda Award (''Heddaprisen'') is a Norwegian theatre award, first presented in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Ibsen's play ''Hedda Gabler''. Among its categories, which have varied over the years, are: Best Theatre Productio ...

and was a Knight, First Class of the

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. Svendsen turned 100 in December 2021, and died on 5 January 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strømme Svendsen, Arnljot 1921 births 2022 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian economists Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Norwegian biographers Norwegian male writers Norwegian centenarians Men centenarians Norwegian male biographers Order of Saint Olav