Reidar Ludvig Webster (11 January 1935 – 15 January 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant.

Biography

He was born in

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as son of manager Reidar Ludvig Webster (1905–1966) and wife pianist Astrid Thyrnhi (1901–1981). He finished his secondary education in 1953, and graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

with the cand.jur. degree in 1963. In the same year he married district court judge Ingeborg Haldis Aslaksen. He was also a competitive sport canoeist, and has been president of the Norwegian Canoe Association. In 1972 he was hired as assistant secretary in the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal an ...

. In 1988 he was appointed State Conciliator of Norway, having been Assisting State Conciliator since 1978. His last day in office was on 31 December 2004. He was succeeded by Svein Longva. Webster died on 15 January 2022, at the age of 87.

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1935 births 2022 deaths Civil servants from Oslo Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian male canoeists Norwegian sports executives and administrators University of Oslo alumni {{norway-canoe-bio-stub