Rune Gerhardsen (13 June 1946 – 4 September 2021) was a Norwegian politician, representing the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party (; , A or Ap; ), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party (, DNA), is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectru ...

, and sports leader at

Norwegian Skating Association The Norwegian Skating Association (, NSF) is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice, and more recently inline and roller skating. The Norwegian Skating Associatio ...

representing Aktiv SK.

Biography

Gerhardsen was a son of Werna and Einar Gerhardsen, and attended

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

. He chaired the Workers' Youth League from 1973 to 1975 and served as Oslo’s ''governing mayor'' from 1992 to 1997. He chaired the

from 1986 to 1990, again from 2001 to 2003 and for a third time from 2013 to 2017. Gerhardsen died of

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...

at Nordseterhjemmet in Oslo on 4 September 2021, surrounded by his closest family. He was 75.

Personal life

Gerhardsen was married to Tove Strand in 1968 (divorced in 1996) and they had two daughters, Marte and Mina.

Selected works

* *

References

External links

* 1946 births 2021 deaths Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian sports executives and administrators People educated at Oslo Cathedral School Children of prime ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub