Andreas Zeier Cappelen

Andreas Zeier Cappelen (31 January 1915 – 2 September 2008) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.

Andreas Zeier Cappelen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime MinisterTrygve Bratteli
Preceded bySvenn Stray
Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Finance
In office
25 September 1963 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byDagfinn Vårvik
Succeeded byOle Myrvoll
In office
4 February 1963 – 28 August 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byPetter Jakob Bjerve
Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Justice
In office
8 October 1979 – 3 October 1980
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Preceded byInger Louise Valle
Succeeded byOddvar Berrefjord
Minister of Local Government
In office
1 September 1958 – 4 February 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byUlrik Olsen
Succeeded byOskar Skogly
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1961 – 30 September 1965
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born
Andreas Zeier Cappelen

(1915-01-31)31 January 1915
Vang, Hedmark, Norway
Died2 September 2008(2008-09-02) (aged 93)
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Christiane Borchgrevink (1941-1947)
Olene Liberg (1948-1987)
ChildrenÅdne Cappelen
OccupationJurist
Politician

He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1958–1963 in the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Minister of Finance in 1963 and 1963–1965 only interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first cabinet Bratteli in 1971–1972, and finally Minister of Justice 1979–1980 in the cabinet Nordli.[1]

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Stavanger city council in the periods 1945–1947, 1951–1957, 1967–1971 and 1983–1987, serving as deputy mayor briefly in 1953. He was also a member of Rogaland county council from 1966 to 1969. He chaired the county party chapter from 1956 to 1957.

Besides politics he worked as a lawyer and a judge, having graduated as cand.jur. in 1939.

With his brothers he was a member of Mot Dag in the 1930s.[2]

References
  1. "Andreas Zeier Cappelen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. Bull, Trygve (1987). Mot Dag og Erling Falk (in Norwegian) (4th ed.). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 213.
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