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(Redirected from Andreas Cappelen) Norwegian jurist and politician (1915–2008)
Andreas Zeier Cappelen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime MinisterTrygve Bratteli
Preceded bySvenn Stray
Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Finance
In office
25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byDagfinn Vårvik
Succeeded byOle Myrvoll
In office
4 February 1963 – 28 August 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byPetter Jakob Bjerve
Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Justice
In office
8 October 1979 – 3 October 1980
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Preceded byInger Louise Valle
Succeeded byOddvar Berrefjord
Minister of Local Government
In office
1 September 1958 – 4 February 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byUlrik Olsen
Succeeded byOskar Skogly
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1961 – 30 September 1965
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
BornAndreas Zeier Cappelen
(1915-01-31)31 January 1915
Vang, Hedmark, Norway
Died2 September 2008(2008-09-02) (aged 93)
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Christiane Borchgrevink (1941-1947)
Olene Liberg (1948-1987)
ChildrenÅdne Cappelen
OccupationJurist
Politician

Andreas Zeier Cappelen (31 January 1915 – 2 September 2008) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.

He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1958–1963 in the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Minister of Finance in 1963 and 1963–1965 only interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first cabinet Bratteli in 1971–1972, and finally Minister of Justice 1979–1980 in the cabinet Nordli.

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Stavanger city council in the periods 1945–1947, 1951–1957, 1967–1971 and 1983–1987, serving as deputy mayor briefly in 1953. He was also a member of Rogaland county council from 1966 to 1969. He chaired the county party chapter from 1956 to 1957.

Besides politics he worked as a lawyer and a judge, having graduated as cand.jur. in 1939.

With his brothers he was a member of Mot Dag in the 1930s.

References

  1. "Andreas Zeier Cappelen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. Bull, Trygve (1987). Mot Dag og Erling Falk (in Norwegian) (4th ed.). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 213.
Political offices
Preceded byJohan Ulrik Olsen Norwegian Minister of Local Government
1958–1963 		Succeeded byOskar Skogly
Preceded byPetter Jacob Bjerve Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs
1963 		Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Preceded byDagfinn Vårvik Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs
1963–1965 		Succeeded byOle Myrvoll
Preceded bySvenn Stray Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1971–1972 		Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Preceded byInger Louise Valle Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police
1979–1980 		Succeeded byOddvar Berrefjord
Ministers of Finance of Norway
1945–present
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Ministers of Local Government and Regional Development of Norway
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