Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the
Christian Democratic Party.
He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament from
Akershus
Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...
in 1945, and was re-elected from
Oslo on two occasions.
Wikborg held a number of other prominent posts. He was the second leader of the
Christian Democratic Party from 1951 to 1955, and a member of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee
The Norwegian Nobel Committee ( no, Den norske Nobelkomité) selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate, based on instructions of Nobel's will.
Five members are appointed by ...
in 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. From August to September 1963 he was
Minister of Foreign Affairs during the short-lived centre-right Cabinet of
John Lyng.
A lawyer by profession, he was born in
Drammen, graduated with a
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923. Wikborg died on 6 April 1992 at the age of 97.
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1894 births
1992 deaths
Members of the Storting
Foreign Ministers of Norway
Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Oslo
Politicians from Drammen
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
20th-century Norwegian politicians