Erling Wikborg

Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg in 1951.

2nd Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
In office 1951–1955
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office August 1963 – September 1963
Preceded by	Halvard Lange
Succeeded by	Halvard Lange
Personal details
Born	(1894-11-05)5 November 1894 Drammen, Norway
Died	6 April 1992(1992-04-06) (aged 97) Oslo, Norway

Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1945, and was re-elected from Oslo on two occasions.

Wikborg held a number of other prominent posts. He was the second leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 1951 to 1955, and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the short-lived centre-right Cabinet of John Lyng.

A lawyer by profession, he was born in Drammen, graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1918, and studied international law in France and England in 1922 and 1923.

References

"Erling Wikborg" (in Norwegian). Storting.

Party political offices
Preceded by Nils Lavik	Leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Norway 1951–1955	Succeeded by Einar Hareide
Political offices
Preceded by Halvard Lange	Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) August 1963–September 1963	Succeeded by Halvard Lange

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Løvland Christophersen Irgens Ihlen Michelet Ræstad Mowinckel Michelet Mowinckel Lykke Bull Mowinckel Braadland Mowinckel Koht Lie Lange Wikborg Lange Lyng Stray Cappelen Vårvik Frydenlund Stray Frydenlund Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Holst Godal Vollebæk Jagland Petersen Gahr Støre Eide Brende

Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) Fredrik Stang (1922–40) Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) Aase Lionæs (1968–78) John Sanness (1979–81) Egil Aarvik (1982–89) Gidske Anderson (1990) Francis Sejersted (1991–99) Gunnar Berge (2000–02) Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) Thorbjørn Jagland (2009–15) Kaci Kullmann Five (2015–)

Members	Løvland (1901–21) Lund (1901–12) Bjørnson (1901–06) Steen (1901–04) Horst (1901–30) Carl Berner (1905–18) Hagerup (1907–20) Hanssen (1913–39) Koht (1918–42) Stang (1921–40) Konow (1922–24) Knudsen (1924) Mowinckel (1925–36) Thallaug (1931–33) Lange (1934–39) Jahn (1938–66) Braadland (1938–48) Vassbotn (1938–39) Hambro (1940–63) Tranmæl (1940–63) Lange (1945–48) Oftedal (1946–47) Ingebretsen (1946) Lionæs (1949–78) Natvig-Pedersen (1964–66) Langhelle (1964–67) Lyng (1964–65) Wikborg (1965–69) Ingvaldsen (1967–75) Refsum (1967–72) Rognlien (1967–73) Sanness (1970–81) Hovdhaugen (1973) Aarvik (1974–89) Haugeland (1974–84) Lindebrække (1976–81) Germeten (1979–84) Anderson (1982–93) Sejersted (1982–99) Nordli (1985–96) Stålsett (1985–2002) Sandegren (1990–96) Kristiansen (1991–94) Kvanmo (1991–2002) Rønbeck (1994–2011) Berge (1997–2002) Kostøl (1997) Ytterhorn (2000–) Mjøs (2003–08) Furre (2003–08) Five (2003–) Jagland (2009–) Valle (2009–14) Reiss-Andersen (2011–) Syse (2015–)

Secretaries	Christian Lous Lange (1901–09) Ragnvald Moe (1910–45) August Schou (1946–73) Tim Greve (1974–77) Jakob Sverdrup (1978–89) Geir Lundestad (1990–2015) Olav Njølstad (2015–)

Christian Democratic Party

Leaders	Bjørø (1933–38) Lavik (1938–51) Wikborg (1951–55) E. Hareide (1955–67) Korvald (1967–75, 77–79) Kristiansen (1975–77, 79–83) Bondevik (1983–95) Haugland (1995–2004) Høybråten (2004–11) K. A. Hareide (2011–present)

Cabinets	Lyng Borten Korvald Willoch II Syse Bondevik I Bondevik II

Related	Folkets Framtid Young Christian Democrats

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 70552691 LCCN: n90654472 BIBSYS: 97046075

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