Reidar Ludvig Webster (11 January 1935 – 15 January 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant.

Biography

He was born in

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as son of manager Reidar Ludvig Webster (1905–1966) and wife pianist Astrid Thyrnhi (1901–1981). He finished his secondary education in 1953, and graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

with the cand.jur. degree in 1963. In the same year he married

district court District courts are a category of courts which exists in several nations, some call them "small case court" usually as the lowest level of the hierarchy. These courts generally work under a higher court which exercises control over the lower co ...

judge Ingeborg Haldis Aslaksen. He was also a competitive sport canoeist, and has been president of the

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. In 1972 he was hired as assistant secretary in the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (, KDD) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and financ ...

. In 1988 he was appointed

State Conciliator of Norway The National Mediator of Norway (, until 2012 ''Riksmeklingsmannen'') is a mediator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when creation or revision of collective agreement, tariff agreements is disagreed upon. It was ...

, having been Assisting State Conciliator since 1978. His last day in office was on 31 December 2004. He was succeeded by

Svein Longva Svein Longva (20 December 1943 – 16 April 2009) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant. Biography He was born in Oslo, but his family moved to Volda in 1950. After completing his secondary education there in 1962, he enrolled in politica ...

. Webster died on 15 January 2022, at the age of 87.

References

1935 births 2022 deaths Civil servants from Oslo Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian male canoeists Norwegian sports executives and administrators University of Oslo alumni 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{norway-canoe-bio-stub