Bernt Ingvaldsen (12 October 1902 – 24 April 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Bernt Ingvaldsen
Ingvaldsen in 1963
President of the Storting
In office
8 October 1965 – 1 October 1972
MonarchOlav V
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Per Borten
Trygve Bratteli
Vice PresidentNils Langhelle
Leif Granli
Preceded byNils Langhelle
Succeeded byLeif Granli
Vice President of the Storting
In office
2 October 1972 – 30 September 1973
PresidentLeif Granli
Preceded byLeif Granli
Succeeded bySvenn Stray
Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office
28 August 1967 – 31 December 1967
Preceded byNils Langhelle
Succeeded byAase Lionæs
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1953 – 30 September 1973
ConstituencyBuskerud
In office
4 December 1945 – 31 December 1952
ConstituencyDrammen, Hønefoss and Kongsberg
Personal details
Born(1902-10-12)12 October 1902
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Died24 April 1985(1985-04-24) (aged 82)
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Political partyConservative

He was born in Trondheim.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Buskerud county in 1950, and was re-elected on six occasions. He was President of the Storting from 1965 to 1972, and from 1972 to 1973 he was vice president.

On the local level Ingvaldsen was a member of Drammen city council from 1945 to 1959.

He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1967 to 1970, and served as vice chairman of it from 1970 to 1975. Together with Sjur Lindebrække he worked to undermine Hélder Câmara as a candidate, cooperating with the Brazilian ambassador in Oslo as the military dictatorship in Brazil was vehemently against Câmara receiving the Nobel peace prize.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "På lag med diktaturet" (english: "Cooperating with the dictatorship", NRK 9 March 2017
  • "Bernt Ingvaldsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Preceded by President of the Storting
1965–1972
Succeeded by