Olav Gjærevoll
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Olav Gjærevoll (24 September 1916 – 30 August 1994) was a Norwegian botanist and politician for the Labour Party. Gjærevoll was a professor of botany at the University of Trondheim from 1958 to 1986, and was a specialist in alpine plants.
He was born in Tynset.
He held a variety of minister positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Social Affairs in 1963 and 1963–1965, interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng, Minister of Wages and Prices in the first cabinet Bratteli 1971–1972 and then the first Minister of the Environment in 1972.
As an elected politician he was elected to the Storting from Sør-Trøndelag in 1965. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Trondheim city council from 1951 to 1963, 1967 to 1968 and 1979 to 1987, serving as mayor for two periods 1958–1963 and 1979–1981.
References
- "Olav Gjærevoll" (in Norwegian). Storting.
External links
Media related to Olav Gjærevoll at Wikimedia Commons
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Aase Bjerkholt |
Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1963 |
Succeeded by Kjell Bondevik |
| Preceded by Kjell Bondevik |
Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1963–1965 |
Succeeded by Egil Aarvik |
| Preceded by Dagfinn Vårvik |
Norwegian Minister of Wages and Prices 1971–1972 |
Succeeded by post abolished |
| Preceded by post created |
Norwegian Minister of the Environment 1972 |
Succeeded by Trygve Haugeland |
| Preceded by John Aae |
Mayor of Trondheim 1958–1963 |
Succeeded by Odd Sagør |
| Preceded by Axel Buch |
Mayor of Trondheim 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by Anne Kathrine Parow |