Short biography

Kristiansen, Kåre Gulbrand

1920-2005
Politician
Christian people’s party

Kåre Gulbrand Kristiansen entered NSB, the Norwegian State Railway Company in 1941 and became Railway Director from 1968. He was chairman of the youth organisation of the Christian People’s Party in 1953-1954, deputy chairman of the party 1961-1975, and chairman in 1975-1977 and again in 1979-1983.

Kristiansen was a member of the Storting in 1973-1977 and 1981-1989 and Vice President of the Odelsting in 1986-1989. He was State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1965 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy in 1983-1986.

Kristiansen was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991. In 1994 he resigned in protest against the award to Arafat, Rabin and Peres.

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The biographical sketches of the Norwegian Nobel Committee members were written by Sølvi Glendrange and edited by Øyvind Tønnesson. They are based on the following sources:
– Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (Norwegian Biographical Encyclopaedia), Oslo 1923-1983
– Hvem er Hvem? (The Norwegian “Who’s Who”), several editions
– Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store Norske Leksikon (The Norwegian National Encyclopaedia), Kunnskapsforlaget, 2nd and 3rd edition, Oslo 1989/1995-1999
– Kunnskapsforlagets Nettleksikon (the Web Encyclopedia of Kunnskapsforlaget, www.kunnskapsforlaget.no), Oslo 1999