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Key facts
- Monarch
- Olav V
- Preceded by
- Einar Gerhardsen
- Succeeded by
- Einar Gerhardsen
- Prime minister
- Per Borten
- Constituency
- Akershus
- Born
- John Johan Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng , ( 1905-08-22 ) 22 August 1905, Trondheim , Norway
- Died
- 18 January 1978 (1978-01-18) (aged 72), Bærum , Akershus , Norway
- Party
- Conservative (1938–78), Free-minded Liberal Party (1934–38)
- Alma mater
- University of Oslo
- Profession
- Lawyer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Trondheim
- Place of death
- Bærum Municipality
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Political party
- Conservative Party of Norway
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Image
- John Lyng 1963.jpg
- Work location
- Oslo
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Encyclopedic overview
John Daniel Lyng (; 22 August 1905 – 18 January 1978) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was the prime minister of Norway from 28 August to 25 September 1963 in a coalition government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic, and Liberal parties. It was the first government in 28 years that was not headed by the Labour Party.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Lyng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.