Eivind Eckbo
Eivind Eckbo | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Anders Lange's Party | |
| In office 18 October 1974 – 26 May 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Anders Lange |
| Succeeded by | Arve Lønnum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1927 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | 7 May 2017 (aged 89) |
| Political party | Progress Party |
Eivind Eckbo (10 August 1927 – 7 May 2017) was a Norwegian politician, lawyer and farmer.
Biography[edit]
While working as a lawyer in Bø i Telemark, he stood as the second candidate of Anders Lange's Party on the Telemark ballot in the 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election.[1] He was the interim chairman of Anders Lange's Party from the death of party chairman and founder Anders Lange in 1974, until 1975.[2] He was later the deputy chairman and held other offices by the same party after it changed its name into the Progress Party.
Personal life[edit]
He was married to Margaret Eckbo, also a politician for the Progress Party, of which she got introduced to through her husband. She had two children from before they got married, he had 7.[3] Eckbo died on 7 May 2017, aged 89.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1973. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ^ Vikre, Thorleif (12 March 2009). "Nå er vi nest største parti i landet!". Telemark FrP (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- ^ Lorentzen, Trude (10 August 2005). "Ekstrem opprydning". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Dahl, Carl Alfred (9 May 2017). "Eivind Eckbo er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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