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Tor Halvorsen
Tor Halvorsen (24 November 1930 – 4 November 1987) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. Biography He was born in Skien. He started his working career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber in Porsgrunn. He then head the trade union of Norsk Hydro at Herøya from 1961 to 1968. He was a district secretary in Arbeidernes Opplysningsforbund from 1968 to 1969, and then a secretary of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, a position he held from 1969 to 1973 and 1976 to 1977. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark during the term 1969–1973. He was a member of Skien city council from 1963 to 1971, and chaired the local Labour Party chapter from 1969 to 1971. In 1973 he was named Minister of the Environment in Bratteli's Second Cabinet. During a cabinet reshuffle in 1974 he became Minister of Social Affairs, first acting from April, then permanently from September. He replac ...
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Leaders Of The Norwegian Confederation Of Trade Unions
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) was founded in 1899, and has had the following leaders: Leaders *1899-1900: Hans G. Jensen *1900-1901: Dines Jensen *1901-1904: Adolf Pedersen *1904-1905: Joh. Johansen *1905-1906: Adolf Pedersen *1906-1925: Ole O. Lian *1925-1934: Halvard Olsen *1934-1939: Olav Hindahl *1939-1965: Konrad Nordahl *1965-1969: Parelius Mentsen *1969-1977: Tor Aspengren *1977-1987: Tor Halvorsen *1987-1989: Leif Haraldseth *1989-2001: Yngve Haagensen *2001-2007: Gerd-Liv Valla *2007-2013: Roar Flåthen *2013-2017: Gerd Kristiansen *2017-2021: Hans-Christian Gabrielsen *2021-2025: Peggy Hessen Følsvik *2025-inc.: Kine Asper Vistnes Leaders during World War II Under World War II, LO was usurped by the Nazis, all other activity was illegal. Leaders of the legal LO were: *1940: Elias Volan *1940-1941: Jens Tangen *1941-1945: Odd Fossum *1945: Kåre Rein External links Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions- Official site Trade ...
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Herøya
Herøya is a peninsula in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located between the fjords of Frierfjord to the west and Gunnekleivfjord to the east, at the mouth of Porsgrunn River. The name stems from the Old Norse word "her-eyjar" meaning an island (''øya'') with a horde or army (''her''), thus "the crowded island". The peninsula features a large industrial park that was founded in 1928 and contains major facilities of Norsk Hydro, Yara. REC ( ScanWafer subsidiary) said in 2023 that the company is closing down its operations in Norway. The area is served by the Bratsberg Line. 2,700 people work on the peninsula that has about 30 companies, most of which are subsidiaries of Norsk Hydro, including Hydro's research park with 350 employees. A populated area south of the peninsula itself, which was initially housing for the Hydro employees, is also considered part of Herøya as a suburb of the city of Porsgrunn. Herøya also has a local football club, ...
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Norsk Folkeferie
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania, USA Norsk * ...
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Norwegian Industrial Bank
The Norwegian Industrial Bank (), also known as the Industry Bank, was a Norwegian bank. It had a nationwide mandate as an industrial development bank. It was created in 1936, amid the interwar economic crisis, to supply loans to industry and hotels. The Norwegian state owned about half of the shares. In 1977 it incorporated the loan institution Strukturfinans. In 1993 it merged with the Industry Fund and the Regional Development Fund to form the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund, now a part of Innovation Norway Innovation Norway is a state-owned company and a national development bank. The company's programs and services are intended to stimulate entrepreneurship in Norway. Its head office is in Oslo, and an office in each of the Norwegian counties. It a .... References Defunct banks of Norway Banks established in 1936 Banks disestablished in 1993 1936 establishments in Norway 1993 disestablishments in Norway {{Norway-gov-stub ...
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Folketrygdfondet
The Government Pension Fund of Norway () is the sovereign wealth fund collective owned by the government of Norway. It consists of two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds: the Government Pension Fund Global (or Norges Bank Investment Management) and the Government Pension Fund Norway. The Government Pension Fund Global (''Statens pensjonsfond utland''), also known as the Oil Fund (''Oljefondet''), was established in 1990 to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian Petroleum industry, petroleum sector. it had over US$1.9 trillion in assets, and held on average 1.5% of all of the world's listed companies, making it the world's largest single sovereign wealth fund in terms of total assets under management. This translates to over US$340,000 per Norwegian citizen. It also holds portfolio (finance), portfolios of real estate and fixed-income investments. Many companies are excluded by the fund on socially responsible investing, ethical grounds. The Government Pension Fund ...
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