Dagfinn Vårvik (8 June 1924 – 25 March 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Leinstrand. From August to September 1963 he was

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during the short-lived centre-right

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. He was later Minister of Wages and Prices from 1965 to 1971 during the

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, and

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from 1972 to 1973 during the

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. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from Akershus during the term 1961–1965. He was a deputy member of

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city council in 1971–1975. He was the chairman of the Centre Party from 1973 to 1977. Vårvik graduated with a cand.oecon. degree in 1951. He worked in the newspaper '' Nationen'' from 1961 to 1991, as a journalist except for the period 1963 to 1988 when he was editor-in-chief. Vårvik died on 25 March 2018 at the age of 93.https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/2018/03/25/Dagfinn-Vårvik-er-død-16359797.ece

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Varvik, Dagfinn 1924 births 2018 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Foreign Ministers of Norway Centre Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian newspaper editors Ministers of Finance of Norway Sør-Trøndelag politicians