Arne Olav Brundtland is lifeless

Gro Harlem Brundtland’s husband died on Friday night time, Aftenposten is instructed.

Arne Olav Brundtland was 87 years outdated.

– He fell asleep peacefully on Friday night time, spokesman Jon Mørland instructed Aftenposten.

Brundtland was married to Norway’s first feminine prime minister. He needed to design the brand new function himself. He instructed about this within the guide “Married with Gro”, which got here out in 1996. It was adopted by the guide “Fortsatt reward med Gro” in 2003.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says that the person was a vital supporter of the couple. Learn Støre’s full assertion additional down within the situation.

Listed below are footage from the lifetime of Arne Olav Brundtland:

Brundtland was a political scientist and labored as a researcher on the Norwegian Overseas Coverage Institute. Largely, he labored with the Soviet Union and European safety coverage. It was a vital space in the course of the Chilly Conflict.

Thought of operating for workplace

Arne married Olav Brundtland Gro Harlem in 1960. That they had 4 kids collectively.

When Gro Harlem Brundtland’s political profession started to take off, it attracted a variety of consideration that her husband had a background within the Conservative Celebration.

In 1981, he thought of operating for the Conservative Celebration within the normal election. Then the husband, who was Prime Minister of the Labor Celebration, protested.

“She didn’t say in clear phrases, however I felt that if I stood the nomination race and got here to the Storting, it could possibly be like a current divorce,” he wrote.

On the press convention when the guide “Married with Gro” was introduced, he mentioned that “the spirit of society”, or the partner, was not mature to make use of equality at that stage.

He assured the media that he was not bitter that his partner stopped his personal profession.

The Prime Minister: An vital supporter

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says in an e mail to Aftenposten that it was with nice unhappiness that he obtained the information that Arne Olav Brundtland died.

– He was a talented researcher, author and communicator on international and safety coverage in post-war Europe. He contributed vital perception and understanding over a number of a long time, with explicit emphasis on developments within the Nordic area.

Støre emphasizes how vital Brundtland was to his spouse and her profession.

– Arne Olav was a vital supporter of Gro and the household throughout her time as a politician, celebration chief and prime minister, and later her worldwide roles and obligations.

– I knew Arne Olav as an in depth, enthusiastic and cheerful particular person. I’ve many good reminiscences of him from the various journeys we went on collectively, at residence and overseas. My ideas now go to Gro and the fast household, he says.

Solberg affords his condolences

The chief of the Conservative Celebration, former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, sends her condolences to the household.

– It is vitally unhappy to listen to that Arne Olav Brundtland has died. My condolences and heat ideas to Gro and her total household. Care for one another in grief over an excellent man who lived an extended and completely satisfied life, she says in an e mail.