Håkon_Kyllingmark

Håkon Kyllingmark

Håkon Kyllingmark

Norwegian politician


Håkon Olai Kyllingmark (19 January 1915 12 August 2003) was a Norwegian military officer and businessman. He served as a politician for the Conservative Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament.[1]

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Biography

He was born at Kjelvik in Finnmark, Norway. His parents were Martin Kyllingmark (1879-1916) and Sigridur Sæmundsdottir (1892-1963). He received an education at the Army Command School in 1934 and the Flyvåpen Flying School in 1937. He had a career in the Norwegian Armed Forces between in 1940 and 1943–1945. He rose to the rank of captain in 1944 and major in 19451954. He had been a member of Milorg during the German occupation of Norway, and received the Defence Medal 1940–1945.[2]

Kyllingmark was a principally of the wholesale company H. Kyllingmark A / S from 1945 to 1965. He was involved in local politics in Svolvær from 1945 to 1947 and 1951 to 1963. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1954, and was re-elected on six occasions. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Defence during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng. While he held this position Moy Herborg Regina Nordahl took his seat in parliament. He was later Norwegian Minister of Transport from 1965 to 1971 during the cabinet Borten. His seat was filled by Bodil Aakre, Leif Kolflaath and Andreas Grimsø alternately.


References

  1. Paul Thyness. "Håkon Kyllingmark". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. Knut Are Tvedt. "Håkon Kyllingmark". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.


Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Defence
1963
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Transport
19651971
Succeeded by



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