Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was elected to the

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from

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in 1945, and was re-elected from

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on two occasions. Wikborg held a number of other prominent posts. He was the second leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 1951 to 1955, and a member of the

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in 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. From August to September 1963 he was

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during the short-lived centre-right Cabinet of John Lyng. A lawyer by profession, he was born in

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, graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923. Wikborg died on 6 April 1992 at the age of 97.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wikborg, Erling 1894 births 1992 deaths Ministers of foreign affairs of Norway Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Politicians from Drammen 20th-century Norwegian lawyers Members of the Storting 1945–1949 Members of the Storting 1950–1953 Members of the Storting 1954–1957