Rune Gerhardsen (13 June 1946 – 4 September 2021) was a Norwegian politician, representing the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

, and sports leader at

Norwegian Skating Association The Norwegian Skating Association ( no, Norges Skøyteforbund, NSF) is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice, and more recently inline and roller skating. The Nor ...

representing

Aktiv SK Aktiv Skøyteklubb ("Active Skating Club"), formerly Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb (Workers' Skating Club") is a Norway, Norwegian speed skating club from Oslo. The club was founded as Arbeidernes Cykleklubb in 1924, and adopted Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb ...

Biography

Gerhardsen was a son of Werna and

Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was the 22nd prime minister of Norway for three periods, 1945–1951, 1955–1963 and 1963–1965. With totally 17 years i ...

, and attended

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

. He chaired the Workers' Youth League from 1973 to 1975 and served as Oslo’s ''governing mayor'' from 1992 to 1997. He chaired the

from 1986 to 1990, again from 2001 to 2003 and for a third time from 2013 to 2017. Gerhardsen died on 4 September 2021 at Nordseterhjemmet in Oslo, surrounded by his closest family.

Personal life

Gerhardsen was married to

Tove Strand Tove Astri Strand (born 29 September 1946) is a Norwegian director and former politician for the Labour Party. She was active in politics between 1963 and 1992, including two periods as a government minister. She headed the Norwegian Agency for De ...

in 1968 (divorced in 1996) and they had two daughters, Marte and Mina.

Selected works

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References

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* 1946 births 2021 deaths Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian sports executives and administrators People educated at Oslo Cathedral School {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub