Sjur Lindebrække (6 April 1909 – 1 October 1998) was a Norwegian

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and

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politician.

Biography

He was born on 6 April 1909, in

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. During the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, Lindebrække was mobilized by the Norwegian 4th Division. From 1940, he worked as assistant manager in Bergens Privatbank, and became bank manager in 1945, administrative director in 1959, and from 1969 he was working chairman. He was a

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representative between 1945 and 1953, and was chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party from 1962 to 1970. Lindebrække was a member of the

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from 1976 to 1981. Together with

Bernt Ingvaldsen Bernt Ingvaldsen (12 October 1902 – 24 April 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Trondheim. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Buskerud county in 1950, and was r ...

he worked to undermine Hélder Câmara as candidate, cooperating with the Brazilian ambassador in Oslo as the military dictatorship in Brazil was vehemently against Câmara receiving the Nobel peace prize."På lag med diktaturet"
(english: "Cooperating with the dictatorship", NRK 9 March 2017 He died on 1 October 1998, aged 89.

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1909 births 1998 deaths Norwegian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian lawyers Leaders of the Conservative Party (Norway) People from Voss Members of the Storting 1945–1949 Members of the Storting 1950–1953 {{norway-business-bio-stub