Vidkunn Hveding

Vidkunn Hveding
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
14 October 1981 – 8 June 1983
Prime MinisterKåre Willoch
Preceded byArvid Johanson
Succeeded byKåre Kristiansen
Personal details
Born(1921-03-27)27 March 1921
Died19 May 2001(2001-05-19) (aged 80)
PartyConservative
Spouses
Grete Blydt Qvisler
(m. 1986)
Tone Barth
(m. 1963; died 1980)
Marie Palmstrøm
(m. 1948; div. 1963)
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Vidkunn Hveding (27 March 1921 – 19 May 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1981–1983. Hveding was born in Orkdal Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, and was a civil engineer by profession. He was married to Marie Palmstrøm (1 September 1926 – 1 October 1986) from 1948 to 1963, and remarried in 1963 to Tone Barth (25 January 1924 - 10 October 1980), the sister of Professor of Social Anthropology Fredrik Barth (b. 1928). He died in Tysfjord Municipality in 2001.