Dagfinn Vårvik (8 June 1924 – 25 March 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the
Centre Party. He was born in
Leinstrand Municipality.
Vårvik graduated with a
cand.oecon. degree in 1951. He served as a deputy representative to the
Norwegian Parliament
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from
Akershus
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during the term 1961–1965. 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.From August to September 1963 he was
Minister of Finance
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A ministry of finance's portfolio ...
during the short-lived centre-right
cabinet Lyng.
He was later Minister of Wages and Prices from 1965 to 1971 during the
cabinet Borten, and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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from 1972 to 1973 during the
cabinet Korvald
Korvald's Cabinet governed Norway between 18 October 1972 and 16 October 1973. The centre cabinet was led by Lars Korvald as Prime Minister and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party
The Liberal Pa ...
. He was a deputy member of
Oslo
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city council in 1971–1975 and served as the chairman of the
Centre Party from 1973 to 1977.
Vårvik died on 25 March 2018 at the age of 93.
References
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1924 births
2018 deaths
Deputy members of the Storting
Government ministers of Norway
Ministers of foreign affairs of Norway
Centre Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian newspaper editors
Ministers of finance of Norway
Sør-Trøndelag politicians