Martin Trygve Bratteli ( Norwegian Trygve Martin Bratteli , January 11, 1910 , Netterøy - November 20, 1984 , Oslo ) - Norwegian politician from the Workers Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971-1972 and 1973-1976.
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Early life
Bratteli was born in Netterøy , where he studied in elementary school. For some time he was unemployed, for some time he worked as a courier, sailor of a whaling ship and a builder. In 1928, he joined the youth organization of the Norwegian Labor Party, in 1930 he became secretary of the Norwegian Union of Workers' Youth. Defined as secretary of the NRP crisis committee during the Nazi invasion of Norway, he was arrested by the Germans in 1942 and according to the Hitler directive Night and Fog , which allowed the arrest of any anti-Nazi political activists in the occupied territories. He was a prisoner in various German concentration camps from 1943 to 1945, but survived [4] .
Political career
After his release and return to Norway in 1945, he became chairman of the Youth Workers' Union, deputy chairman of the Norwegian Labor Party, was a member of the newly formed defense committee, and in 1965 was elected chairman of the party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1950 and was re-elected seven times, working there from 1951 to 1980. In 1960-1963, he was the Minister of Transport and Communications of Norway (and then again held this position from September 1963 to 1964), in 1962 he served as Minister of Finance. From 1971 to 1972 and from 1973 to 1976 he was the Prime Minister of Norway. In June 1970, Norway had an intention to join the EU , and Trygve held talks with the EU in January 1972 on Norway joining the European Community, even signing an agreement with the EU, but at a national referendum that took place in Norway in September of that year, a big part of the population voted against (53.9% versus 46.1% in favor), and he resigned along with the entire cabinet in 1972. Nevertheless, the cabinet of his successor, Lars Korvald , despite resolving the issue of EU membership, worked for only a year, and following the results of the parliamentary elections of 1973, Bratteli again became prime minister.
Trygve Bratteli was considered an experienced politician and honest man. He has written a number of autobiographical and political books. His memoirs about his stay in German concentration camps - “The Prisoner of the Night and the Mist” - became a bestseller in Norway.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Anderson G. Trygve Bratteli
- ↑ https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/nQ36x/Lager-kunst-av-familiealbumet
- ↑ 13 other Norwegians had died at Vaihingen and were buried in a mass grave, according to: Ottosen, Kristian . Gjensyn med Vaihingen (Nor.) , Aftenposten (July 2, 2001). Archived July 14, 2012. Date of treatment February 21, 2008.