Trygve Lie

Also known as Rodney Witherspoon

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

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Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician who served as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1946 to 1952, making him a key figure in establishing the UN as it began its work during the early Cold War. His role mattered because the Secretary-General is the UN's chief administrative officer, responsible for implementing the organization's decisions and serving as a global diplomat during a critical period in world history.

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Born: 1896
Died: 1968
Works: 4

Top works

The road to peace
Syv år for freden
De forente nasjoner
[Commencement address to the alumni, 1948]
Statement on the world situation

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Type: Group
Country: JP

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5 total works indexed

Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,734x
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,394x
Basis-set convergence of correlated calculations on water
· 1997 · cited 2,423x
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,380x
Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U–Pb geochronology
· 2006 · cited 2,368x

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Image: Trygve Lie 1938.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Trygve Lie
date of birth: 1896-07-16
date of death: 1968-12-30
name in native language: Trygve Lie
pseudonym: Rodney Witherspoon
birth name: Trygve Halvdan Lie
P12749: Luzula pilosa

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Article

Trygve Halvdan Lie (/liː/ LEE, Norwegian: [ˈtrʏ̂ɡvə ˈliː] ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. He was the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

Early life