Name Otto Tidemand Role Politician | Party Conservative Party | |
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Died June 10, 2006, Oslo, Norway | ||
Otto Grieg Tidemand (18 June 1921 – 10 June 2006) born in Oslo was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
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Military Service
During the Second World War he served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1942 to 1946, after training at a flying school in Canada. He was posted to No. 332 Squadron RAF (known as the Norwegian Squadron). While a Sergeant pilot under training in England on 8 June 1943 he crash landed his training plane near Ellesmere but survived unhurt. He flew Spitfires on offensive sweeps in north-west Europe and was credited with destroying one German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and sharing in the downing of a Messerschmitt 410.
Government Posts
From 1965 to 5 June 1970 he served as the Minister of Defence during the centre-right cabinet of Per Borten. On this date he was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping, a position he held until the Borten cabinet fell in 1971.
Business Posts
He held numerous board memberships in Norwegian corporations, notably serving as chairman of the board of Saga Petroleum (1972-1976), Atlas Copco Norway (1978-1997), Vesta Hygea (1984-1986), Fina Norway (1981-1996) and Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (1982-1987). He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group and participated in all their yearly conferences between 1967 and 1980 as well as in 1982 and 1984.
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Sports Interests
Tidemand was president of the Norwegian Golf Federation from 1962 to 1965.
Death
He died in Oslo in June 2006, eight days before his 85th birthday.