Olaf Kortner

Olaf Erling Kortner (10 May 1920 – 26 January 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

Olaf Kortner
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963
Prime Minister	John Lyng
Preceded by	Helge Sivertsen
Succeeded by	Helge Sivertsen
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1965 – 30 September 1973 Permanent representative for Helge Seip (12 October 1965 – 29 August 1970)
Constituency	Oslo
Leader of the Young Liberals
In office 1948–1950
Preceded by	Helge Rognlien
Succeeded by	Jon Ola Norbom
Personal details
Born	Olaf Erling Kortner (1920-05-10)10 May 1920 Skien, Telemark, Norway
Died	26 January 1998(1998-01-26) (aged 77) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Liberal

He was born in Skien.

From 1948 to 1950 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party.

He was a member of Strinda municipality council in the period 1951–1955. From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Education and Church Affairs during the short-lived centre-right cabinet of John Lyng.

He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the terms 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. During parts of these terms, from 1965 to 1970, he met as a regular representative for Helge Seip while he was appointed to the cabinet Borten.

A cand.philol. by education (1948), he worked as a teacher in Strinda and Oslo from 1950 to 1970. From 1971 to 1990 he headed the school administration in Akershus.

References

• "Olaf Kortner" (in Norwegian). Storting.

Party political offices
Preceded by Helge Rognlien	Chairman of the Young Liberals of Norway 1948–1950	Succeeded by Jon Ola Norbom
Political offices
Preceded by Helge Sivertsen	Minister of Education and Church Affairs (Norway) August 1963–September 1963	Succeeded by Helge Sivertsen