Lars Roar Langslet (5 March 1936,

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– 18 January 2016) was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (culture and science affairs only, not church affairs) in 1981, and Minister of Culture and Science from 1982 until 1986 for the Conservative Party. As Norway has a Lutheran State Church, his ministry had to be divided, since Langslet was a converted Catholic, and hence could not be in charge of the affairs of the state church. He was a member of the

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. In 1984 he received the

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. He was appointed a

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in 1997. He was one of the editors of ''

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'', a quarterly magazine published by Riksmål Society.

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1936 births 2016 deaths People from Nes, Buskerud Norwegian Roman Catholics Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism Former Lutherans Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of culture of Norway Members of the Norwegian Academy Norwegian magazine editors Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1981–1985 Members of the Storting 1977–1981 Members of the Storting 1973–1977 Members of the Storting 1969–1973 {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub