Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg (5 November 1894 – 6 April 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Erling Wikborg | |
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.jpg.webp) Erling Wikborg in 1951. | |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| In office 26 April 1951 – 20 May 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Nils Lavik |
| Succeeded by | Einar Hareide |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | John Lyng |
| Preceded by | Halvard Lange |
| Succeeded by | Halvard Lange |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1894 Drammen, Norway |
| Died | 6 April 1992 (aged 97) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Christian Democratic |
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. Wikborg died on 6 April 1992 at the age of 97.