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Victor D. Norman

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Victor D. Norman
Norman in 2017
Minister of Labour and Government Administration
In office
19 October 2001 – 8 March 2004
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byJørgen Kosmo
Succeeded byMorten Meyer
Personal details
Born(1946-07-24)24 July 1946
Risør, Norway
Died20 September 2024(2024-09-20) (aged 78)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Victor Danielsen Norman (24 July 1946 – 20 September 2024) was a Norwegian economist, politician for the Conservative Party and newspaper columnist. He was a professor of economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and sst chairman of the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration.[1]

Early life and academia

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Victor Norman was born on 24 July 1946.[2] He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. Among his academic advisers were Charles P. Kindleberger, Paul A. Samuelson and Jagdish N. Bhagwati.

His book co-authored with Avinash K. Dixit, Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach, ISBN 0-521-29969-1, is an application of the microeconomic principle of duality to trade theory, which William J. Baumol has called a clear, detailed, important contribution to the academic understanding of international trade.[3] He was appointed professor of economics at NHH in 1975.[4]

Victor Norman served as rector at NHH from August 1999 till October 2001. He was preceded in this position by Carl Julius Norstrøm and succeeded by Per Ivar Gjærum.[5] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[6]

Politics

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From 19 October 2001 to 8 March 2004 he served as minister of labour and government administration in Bondevik's second cabinet.[7] Among the issues he passed in his term was the removal of point accrual on frequent flyer programs for domestic flights[8] and the relocation of several government agencies from Oslo to other cities and towns across Norway.[9] His term also witnessed a scandal, called the Norman scandal, which caused him to leave office in 2004.[10] He was accused of various wrongdoing such as having an affair with a secretary of state at the ministry and using public funds for personal use.[10] Despite media attacks he was backed by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, but he could deal with these attacks until 2004 when he returned to his teaching position.[10]

Death

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Norman died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 78.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Om SNF". Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration. Retrieved 27 May 2008. [dead link]
  2. ^ Norman, Victor D. (1946-)
  3. ^ William J. Baumol (2000) "What Marshall Didn't Know: On the Twentieth Century's Contributions to Economics", Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 115, No. 1, pp ***-***, p. ***.
  4. ^ "Victor Norman". Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Retrieved 27 May 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Past rectors at NHH". Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Retrieved 27 May 2008. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Gruppe 7: Samfunnsfag (herunder sosiologi, statsvitenskap og økonomi)" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government". Government Administration Services. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Avviser bonus-klage". Dagens Næringsliv. 7 June 2002. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Evaluering av utflytting av statlig virksomhet". Regjeringen.no. 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  10. ^ a b c Tor Midtbø (2012). "Do Mediated Political Scandals Affect Party Popularity in Norway?". In Sigurd Allern; Ester Pollack (eds.). Scandalous!: The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries. Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. p. 155. ISBN 978-91-86523-27-5.
  11. ^ Hafsaas, Synne Lykkebø; Olsen, Adrian Nyhammer; Thommessen, Julia Kirsebom (21 September 2024). "Victor Norman er død". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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Academic offices
Preceded by Rector of the Norwegian School of Economics
1999–2001 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Labour and Government Administration
2001–2004 		Succeeded by
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