Kjell Torbjørn Holler (29 June 1925 – 1 November 2000) was a Norwegian economist and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party.

Biography

Holler was born at

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, Norway. He graduated with a degree in economics at the

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in 1950. From 1950 to 1952 Holler was an employee at the daily newspaper ''

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''. He later handled media relations and community contact at the telecommunications company Televerket. Holler was chairman of Televerket from 1974 until he took over as director general 1980–1991. He served as chairman of the

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from 1991 to 1997. He was Minister of Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister

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from 1959 to 1963. Holler was forced to resign as a result of the

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. The mountain of Hollertoppen in Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, is named after Holler.

References

1925 births 2000 deaths People from Telemark University of Oslo alumni Norwegian economists Norwegian newspaper people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Businesspeople in telecommunications Government ministers of Norway Directors of government agencies of Norway Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub