Inge Lønning
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Inge Lønning | |
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President of the Lagting | |
In office 10 October 2005 – 30 September 2009 | |
Vice President | Jon Lilletun Ola T. Lånke |
Preceded by | Lodve Solholm |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Vice President of the Storting | |
In office 9 October 2001 – 30 September 2005 | |
President | Jørgen Kosmo |
Preceded by | Hans J. Røsjorde |
Succeeded by | Carl I. Hagen |
First Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 29 March 1998 – 5 May 2002 | |
Leader | Jan Petersen |
Preceded by | Børge Brende |
Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
President of the Norwegian European Movement | |
In office 31 January 1993 – 5 March 1995 | |
Preceded by | Fredrik Vogt-Lorentzen |
Succeeded by | Gro Balas |
Rector of the University of Oslo | |
In office 1 January 1985 – 31 December 1992 | |
Preceded by | Bjarne A. Waaler |
Succeeded by | Lucy Smith |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1997 – 30 September 2009 | |
Constituency | Oslo |
Personal details | |
Born | Inge Johan Lønning 20 February 1938 Fana, Norway |
Died | 24 March 2013 Beitostølen, Norway | (aged 75)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Kari Andersen (m. 1962–2008; her death) Mari Mæland (m. 2012–2013; his death) |
Children | 4, including Lars Lønning |
Inge Johan Lønning (20 February 1938 – 24 March 2013) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. As an academic, he was Professor of Theology and Rector of the University of Oslo during the term 1985–1992. As a politician, he served as President of the European Movement in Norway, as a Member of Parliament, as Vice President of the Parliament, as Vice President of the Conservative Party, and as President of the Nordic Council.
Biography
Lønning was born in Fana, Bergen, Norway. He earned his cand. theol. degree from the University of Oslo in 1962 and finished the practical-theological seminar in 1963. He continued his academic career with a fellowship from 1963 to 1971, with a year's interruption for military service as a chaplain in the Norwegian Navy. He earned his doctorate in theology, also at the University of Oslo, in 1971 and was appointed professor in systematic theology at the University of Oslo the same year.
In 1971, Lønning also started his political career, when he was elected into the Oslo city council for one term and also the city's board of education for eight years.
In 1985 he was elected rector of the University of Oslo, serving until 1992, while maintaining his chair as professor of theology until his retirement in 2008.
Lønning was elected as a member of Norwegian parliament for three terms, from 1997 through 2009. He was (at the time of his death) the president of Lagtinget, was vice president of Stortinget from 2001 to 2005, and also served as a member of several parliamentary committees.
Lønning lost the "safe seat" on third place of the Conservatives' party list in Oslo in the 2009 nomination for the Norwegian Parliamentary elections to Michael Tetzschner, a current member of the Oslo City Council.
He was president of the Nordic Council in 2003, and was awarded honorary doctorates from Luther College and Åbo Akademi University.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[1]
His older brother is the former bishop Per Lønning.
He died on 24 March 2013, after he fell ill while cross country skiing at Beitostølen.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Gruppe 8: Religionsvitenskap og teologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Anders Haga (25 March 2013). "Inge Lønning er død". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Asgeir Ueland & Michael Sandelson (25 March 2013). Norway "Conservative politician Inge Lønning deceased". The Foreigner. ISSN 1892-5219. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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- "Inge Lønning" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- Profile in Nordic Council[permanent dead link]
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- People from Bergen
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