John Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng got his law degree in 1927. In the 1930s he was engaged in local politics in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway in 1940-1945, he took refuge in Sweden and after the war became public prosecutor in a number of trials against leading traitors in Norway. In 1947 he became barrister at the Norwegian Supreme Court.

Lyng was elected to the Storting in 1945-1953 and in 1958-1965. In 1963 he was Prime Minister in a non-socialist coalition government for one month. Two years later, he became Foreign Minister and held that position until 1970. John Lyng was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1964-1965 at the same time that he was a member of the Norwegian Government.


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