Olav Gjærevoll

Olav Gjærevoll (24 September 1916 – 30 August 1994) was a Norwegian botanist and politician for the Labour Party. Gjærevoll was a professor of botany at the University of Trondheim from 1958 to 1986, and was a specialist in alpine plants. In politics, he served as Minister of Social Affairs from February to August 1963 and again from September 1963 to October 1965; as the last Minister of Pay and Prices from 1971 to 1972 and as the first Minister of the Environment from May to October 1972. He also served as Mayor of Trondheim from 1958 to 1963 and again from 1980 to 1981.

Olav Gjærevoll
Gjærevoll in 1980
Mayor of Trondheim
In office 1 January 1980 – 31 December 1981
Deputy	Anne-Kathrine Parow
Preceded by	Axel Buch
Succeeded by	Anne-Kathrine Parow
In office 1 January 1958 – 31 January 1963
Deputy	Odd Sagør
Preceded by	John Aae
Succeeded by	Odd Sagør
Minister of the Environment
In office 8 May 1972 – 18 October 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Trygve Haugeland
Minister of Pay and Prices
In office 17 March 1971 – 8 May 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Dagfinn Vårvik
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Kjell Bondevik
Succeeded by	Egil Aarvik
In office 4 February 1963 – 28 August 1963
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Olav Bruvik
Succeeded by	Kjell Bondevik
Personal details
Born	(1916-09-24)24 September 1916 Alvdal, Hedmark, Norway
Died	30 August 1994(1994-08-30) (aged 77) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Botanist Politician

Biography

He was born in Tynset.

He held a variety of minister positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Social Affairs in 1963 and 1963–1965, interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng, Minister of Wages and Prices in the first cabinet Bratteli 1971–1972 and then the first Minister of the Environment in 1972.

As an elected politician he was elected to the Storting from Sør-Trøndelag in 1965. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Trondheim city council from 1951 to 1963, 1967 to 1968 and 1979 to 1987, serving as mayor for two periods 1958–1963 and 1979–1981.

References

• "Olav Gjærevoll" (in Norwegian). Storting.

• Olav Gjærevoll private archive is kept at NTNU University Library

External links

• Media related to Olav Gjærevoll at Wikimedia Commons