Eivind Eckbo

Eivind Eckbo (10 August 1927 – 7 May 2017) was a Norwegian politician, lawyer and farmer.

Eivind Eckbo
Leader of the Anders Lange's Party
In office 18 October 1974 – 26 May 1975
Preceded by	Anders Lange
Succeeded by	Arve Lønnum
Personal details
Born	(1927-08-10)10 August 1927 Oslo, Norway
Died	7 May 2017(2017-05-07) (aged 89)
Political party	Progress Party

Biography

While working as a lawyer in Bø i Telemark, he stood as the second candidate of Anders Lange's Party on the Telemark ballot in the 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election.^[1] He was the interim chairman of Anders Lange's Party from the death of party chairman and founder Anders Lange in 1974, until 1975.^[2] He was later the deputy chairman and held other offices by the same party after it changed its name into the Progress Party.

Personal life

He was married to Margaret Eckbo, also a politician for the Progress Party, of which she got introduced to through her husband. She had two children from before they got married, he had 7.^[3] Eckbo died on 7 May 2017, aged 89.^[4]

References

1. "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1973. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
2. Vikre, Thorleif (12 March 2009). "Nå er vi nest største parti i landet!". Telemark FrP (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
3. Lorentzen, Trude (10 August 2005). "Ekstrem opprydning". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
4. Dahl, Carl Alfred (9 May 2017). "Eivind Eckbo er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 May 2017.