Erik Himle

Erik Himle (10 April 1924 – 30 July 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.

Erik Himle
Himle in 1964
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 20 January 1964 – 12 October 1965
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Trygve Bratteli
Succeeded by	Håkon Kyllingmark
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office 25 September 1963 – 20 January 1964
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Kåre Willoch
Succeeded by	Trygve Lie
Personal details
Born	(1924-04-10)10 April 1924 Fana, Norway
Died	30 July 2008(2008-07-30) (aged 84) Nesbru, Norway
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Else Winter
Children	3

Himle graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1948, and from the NATO Defence College in 1957. He was never elected as a politician, but worked himself upwards as a civil servant in Norwegian government ministries.

During the third cabinet Gerhardsen he became state secretary to the Minister of Defense 1958–1961 and to the Minister of Transport 1962–1963. In the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping 1963–1964 and Minister of Transport 1964–1965. His last period as a state secretary was in the Office of the Prime Minister during the first cabinet Bratteli from 1971 to 1972. He continued as the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Defence 1967–1971 and 1973–1978 and in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 1978–1988.

Eisenhower Fellowships selected Erik Himle in 1966 to represent Norway.

He was born in Fana, and eventually settled in Nesbru. He died there in 2008. He had three children with wife Else Winter.