Ivar Lykke (politician)
Ivar Lykke | |
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17th Prime Minister of Norway | |
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928 | |
Monarch | Haakon VII |
Preceded by | J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | Christopher Hornsrud |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | Edvard Bull, Sr. |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 January 1916 – 4 December 1945 | |
Constituency | Trondheim and Levanger |
Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 1923–1926 | |
Preceded by | Otto B. Halvorsen |
Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro |
President of the Storting | |
In office 1 January 1919 – 31 December 1927 Serving with Gunnar Knudsen, Anders Buen, Ivar P. Tveiten, Otto B. Halvorsen, Gunder A. Jahren and C. J. Hambro | |
Prime Minister | Gunnar Knudsen Otto B. Halvorsen Otto Blehr Abraham Berge J. L. Mowinckel |
Preceded by | Martin Olsen Nalum Ivar P. Tveiten J. L. Mowinckel |
Succeeded by | C. J. Hambro |
Personal details | |
Born | Trondhjem, Sør-Trøndelag, Sweden-Norway | 9 January 1872
Died | 4 December 1949 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway | (aged 77)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Petra Anker Bachke |
Profession | Merchant |
Ivar Lykke (9 January 1872, Trondheim – 4 December 1949, Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party, who served as the 17th prime minister of Norway from 1926 to 1928. He was also president of the Storting from 1919 to 1927.
World War Two
Lykke was a member of the parliament's presidium in 1940; he stepped in (according to mandate) for president in exile, C. J. Hambro.
On 27 June 1940 Lykke, and others of parliament's presidium, signed an appeal to King Haakon, about [the desire for] his abdication. (The presidium back then consisted of the presidents and vicepresidents of parliament, Odelstinget and Lagtinget.)
1945
After World War Two, he and others were criticized (for actions in 1940) by a parliamentary fact-finding commission.
Visit by King Haakon
By 1947 he was still being treated for cancer.
During King Haakon's visit that year to Trondheim, he diverged from his official program to visit Lykke. Lykke said "Thou can believe that we had it difficult here in Norway in the summer of 1940". The king replied, "That is exactly why I am coming to You, dear Ivar Lykke", and stretched forward his hand" [for greeting].