Gunnar Garbo (19 April 1924 – 29 June 2016) was a Norwegian journalist, politician, and ambassador. He represented the

Liberal Party of Norway The Liberal Party (, , V; ) is a social liberal political party in Norway. It was founded in 1884 and is the oldest political party in Norway. Despite its native name, the Liberal Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, and ...

at the Norwegian Parliament during four electoral periods, from 1958 to 1973, and was leader for the party from 1964 to 1970. He was ambassador in Dar es Salaam from 1987 to 1992.

Early and personal life

Garbo was born in

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, as the son of Ingvald Garbo and Sara Haugland. His father Ingvald Garbo was shot by the Germans in 1941, for listening to radio and distributing the news. Gunnar Garbo himself had to flee to

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

in 1943, where he joined the police troops. He worked as a journalist for ''

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'' from 1945, and was later editor of the newspaper '' Nidaros'' in

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, from 1954 to 1957. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

Political career

Garbo was a member of Bergen

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from 1948 to 1954, and

city council from 1956 to 1957. He was deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from

during the term 1954–1957, and was elected member of the Parliament during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965, 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. As a representative he was a member of the Procol Committee, the Standing Committee on Finance and Customs, and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Constitutional Affairs. He was chairman for the

from 1964 to 1970. He was a substitute assembly member of the

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from 1963 to 1965 and 1966 to 1970. Garbo was a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo from 1974, and worked for the

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from 1980 to 1987. He was Ambassador to

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from 1987 to 1992. Garbo has written several books and numerous articles on political issues, in particular on international politics, including themes such as

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and on the

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. He has also written memoirs from his political life.

References

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