Victor Danielsen Norman (24 July 1946 – 20 September 2024) was a Norwegian economist, politician for the Conservative Party and newspaper columnist. He was a professor of economics at the

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(NHH) and sst chairman of the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration.

Early life and academia

Victor Norman was born on 24 July 1946. He earned his bachelor's degree from

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and his PhD from

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in 1972. Among his academic advisers were Charles P. Kindleberger, Paul A. Samuelson and Jagdish N. Bhagwati. His book co-authored with Avinash K. Dixit, Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach, , is an application of the

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principle of duality to trade theory, which William J. Baumol has called a clear, detailed, important contribution to the academic understanding of international trade. He was appointed professor of economics at NHH in 1975. Victor Norman served as rector at NHH from August 1999 till October 2001. He was preceded in this position by Carl Julius Norstrøm and succeeded by Per Ivar Gjærum. He is a member of the

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Politics

From 19 October 2001 to 8 March 2004 he served as minister of labour and government administration in

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. Among the issues he passed in his term was the removal of point accrual on

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s for domestic

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and the relocation of several government agencies from Oslo to other cities and towns across Norway. His term also witnessed a scandal, called the Norman scandal, which caused him to leave office in 2004. He was accused of various wrongdoing such as having an affair with a secretary of state at the ministry and using public funds for personal use. Despite media attacks he was backed by Prime Minister

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, but he could deal with these attacks until 2004 when he returned to his teaching position.

Death

Norman died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 78.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Victor 1946 births 2024 deaths Microeconomists Norwegian economists Norwegian columnists Government ministers of Norway Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics Rectors of the Norwegian School of Economics Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Yale University alumni People from Risør Deaths from cancer in Norway