Henrik Johan Lisæth (born 11 March 1933) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician from the Conservative Party.

Early life

He was born in Bergen as a son of salesman Henrik Lisæth (1890–1964) and housewife Gunhild Paulsen (1896–1985). He graduated from the

Leeds College of Commerce Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The unive ...

in 1957 and from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration with the siv.øk. degree in 1960. He was an able long distance runner before graduation. In 1957 he achieved the results 15:27.8 minutes in the

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and 33:00.2 in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

. He represented the club

TIF Viking Turn & Idrettsforeningen Viking is a Norwegian sports club from Bergenhus, Bergen. It has sections for gymnastics, athletics, race walking, orienteering, volleyball, handball and skiing. It was founded on 17 May 1892 as ''IK Viking'', but later ...

. In 1958 he improved to 32:42.0 minutes.

Political career

In 1965 he was the leader of the Young Conservatives (''Unge Høyre''), the youth wing of the Conservative Party. He was appointed as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1965 to 1966, during

Borten's Cabinet Borten's Cabinet governed Norway between 12 October 1965 and 17 March 1971. The cabinet was led by Per Borten and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian ...

. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

during the term 1965–1969, but met as a regular representative for Edvard Hambro from 1966. He was elected to the

from the constituency Bergen in

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, but was not re-elected in

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. He was present on the party ballot, but in 20th and last place. At that point the constituency Bergen had been incorporated into Hordaland. On the local level he was a member of Bergen city council during the term 1963–1967. He later became deputy mayor from 1983 to 1985, then mayor from 1986 to 1987, before returning as a council member from 1987 to 1990. From 1979 to 1983 he was a member of Hordaland county council. He chaired the countywide party chapter from 1972 to 1975, and the city chapter from 1977 to 1983. He was a member of the Conservative Party central committee in 1965 and from 1972 to 1975.

Other positions

He spent parts of his career in insurance, being director of Storebrand and associated companies in Bergen. He was the local director from 1971 to 1981 and regional director from 1981 to 1983. From 1990 to 2000 he was the chief executive of the Chr. Michelsen Institute. In his early career, Lisæth was a board member of ''Norske Siviløkonomers Forening'' from 1966 to 1970 and Minerva Forlag from 1966 to 1969. Locally in Bergen he was chairman of the local trading association from 1977 to 1979, board member of the company Institutt for Byfornying from 1979 to 1984,

Haukeland University Hospital Haukeland University Hospital ( no, Haukeland universitetssjukehus) is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the eleven institutions that make up Bergen Hospital Trust. Haukeland is the largest in Norway in terms of number of patients, and serv ...

from 1980 to 1986, the county school board from 1980 to 1982, the Chr. Michelsen Institute from 1986 to 1990, the Bergen International Festival from 1986 to 1987 (and 1989 to 1994 as deputy chairman), the

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The Musical Society), it later changed its name t ...

from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1998, Bergen's cinematographer from 1988 to 1990 and

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from 1992 to 1996. From 1985 to 1990 he led a committee that tried, successfully, to have the new television channel TV 2 located to Bergen. Nationally he was a board member of

Folketrygdfondet The Government Pension Fund of Norway ( no, Statens pensjonsfond) comprises two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the government of Norway. The Government Pension Fund Global, also known as the Oil Fund, was established in 1990 ...

from 1988 to 1998. He was a board member of the

Norwegian Cancer Association The Norwegian Cancer Society ( no, Kreftforeningen) is a non-profitmaking organisation in Norway. History It was established as no, Norsk Forening til Kreftens Bekjempelse, label=none in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with no ...

from 1998 to 2001, and deputy chair from 2001 to 2004. He was a member of the supervisory board of

Bergen Bank Bergen Bank was a Norwegian commercial bank in existence between 1975 and 1990. It was created as a merger between Bergens Privatbank (founded in 1855) and Bergens Kreditbank (founded in 1928) while the bank Kvam Privatbank was acquired in 1979. ...

from 1988 to 1990, Vital from 1993 to 1999 (chairing this board in 1999), Bergen International Festival from 1994 to 2001, Nera from 1995 to 2004 (chairing it from 1998 to 2004) and

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from 2000. Internationally he was a member of the executive committee of the

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(INTA) from 1984 to 1987, and was then vice president from 1987 to 1991 and president from 1991 to 1995.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisaeth, Henrik 1933 births Living people Norwegian School of Economics alumni Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian businesspeople in insurance Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Members of the Storting Mayors of Bergen 20th-century Norwegian politicians