Helge Hveem (born 17 May 1941) is a Norwegian political scientist and politician for the

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. He was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

, and grew up at Økri farm. and graduated with the mag.art. degree in 1968. In 1965 he chaired the

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. He was employed at the

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in 1980, and was promoted to professor in 1992. He has written on

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; notable books include ''International Relations and World Images'' (1972), ''En ny økonomisk verdensordning og Norge'' (1977), ''Complex Cooperation'' (ed., 1994), ''Internasjonalisering og politikk'' (1994) and ''Makt og velferd i det globale samfunn'' (1996). As a politician he has served as a member of Bærum

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and as a member of the Liberal Party central board from 1980 to 1984. He has also worked in ''

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'' and the

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. In his younger days he participated in

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, and was stationed with the

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for seven months. He was an official in the then-track club

Fossum IF Fossum Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Fossum, Grini, Østerås and Eiksmarka in Bærum. It has sections for cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, orienteering, and football, and was found ...

, and was instrumental in getting to arrange the 1985 Norwegian Championships.

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1941 births Living people Norwegian political scientists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Bærum politicians Norwegian journalists Norwegian sports executives and administrators {{Norway-academic-bio-stub