Eivind Eckbo (10 August 1927 – 7 May 2017) was a Norwegian

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Biography

While working as a lawyer in

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, he stood as the second candidate of Anders Lange's Party on the

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ballot in the 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election. He was the interim chairman of Anders Lange's Party from the death of party chairman and founder Anders Lange in 1974, until 1975. He was later the deputy chairman and held other offices by the same party after it changed its name into the Progress Party.

Personal life

He was married to Margaret Eckbo, also a politician for the Progress Party, of which she got introduced to through her husband. She had two children from before they got married, he had 7. Eckbo died on 7 May 2017, aged 89.

References

1927 births 2017 deaths Progress Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub