Kjell Bondevik

Kjell Bondevik (11 March 1901 21 December 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Kjell Bondevik
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office
12 October 1965  17 March 1971
Prime MinisterPer Borten
Preceded byHelge Sivertsen
Succeeded byBjartmar Gjerde
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
28 August 1963  25 September 1963
Prime MinisterJohn Lyng
Preceded byOlav Gjærevoll
Succeeded byOlav Gjærevoll
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1950  30 September 1965
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born(1901-03-11)11 March 1901
Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Died21 December 1983(1983-12-21) (aged 82)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyChristian Democratic
Spouse(s)Agnes Sundal (1928?)
Thorkild Bjørnstad (19571983)
ChildrenOdd Bondevik

He was born in Leikanger. He graduated with the cand.philol. and mag.art. (PhD equivalent) degrees in 1927. He worked as a teacher and headmaster in schools in Oslo, Haugesund and Sauda. He was a member of the executive committee of Sauda municipal council from 1945 to 1951, and chaired the local party chapter from 1939 to 1947 and the county chapter from 1939 to 1950. He also chaired local chapters of Noregs Mållag as well as Christian organizations.[1] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he was arrested in March 1942 for boycotting the Nazi creation, the Teachers Union, together with a large number of other teachers, including Gustav Natvig-Pedersen. He sat at Grini for one day, later at Jørstadmoen and Kirkenes, but was released.[2]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Social Affairs during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng. During this period, Knut Haus filled his seat in the Parliament. In 1965 he was again appointed to a cabinet post, this time as Minister of Church Affairs and Education in the cabinet Borten, which lasted until 1971.[1]

When the cabinet Borten fell over a controversy related to the forthcoming EEC referendum, Bondevik was put in charge of tailoring a renewed centre-right coalition. However, the negotiations between the four parties failed, paving the way for a Labour cabinet Bratteli. In this context Bondevik described himself as djupt såra og vonbråten, "deeply hurt with broken hopes". This is a well-known quote in Norwegian history.[3]

Bondevik also worked at the University of Oslo from 1958 to 1965 and the University of Bergen as a lecturer from 1965 to 1970. In 1982 he was given an honorary doctorate at the University of Tromsø, as the first person. He authored many books, mostly about history topics. Biographies about him were published in 1969 and 1981.[1]

Kjell Bondevik is also known as the uncle of Kjell Magne Bondevik, later Prime Minister,[4] and father of bishop Odd Bondevik.

References

  1. "Kjell Bondevik" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 80.
  3. Christensen, Per Aage Pleym (21 January 2005). "En tviler i sjefsstolen". Liberaleren (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  4. Biography of Kjell Magne Bondevik
Political offices
Preceded by
Olav Gjærevoll
Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs
August 1963September 1963
Succeeded by
Olav Gjærevoll
Preceded by
Helge Sivertsen
Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs
19651971
Succeeded by
Bjartmar Gjerde
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