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 The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

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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 A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . 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 In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

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

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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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Varvik, Dagfinn 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