The artist and former Minister of Tradition in Gro Harlem Brundtland’s authorities, Åse Kleveland, arrives on the funeral ceremony of Arne Olav Brundtland in Bygdøy Church along with her husband Oddvar Bull Tuhus. Photograph: Javad Parsa / NTB
A number of authorities members from the present time of metropolis council member Gro Harlem Brundtland as prime minister have been amongst these current who needed to say goodbye to her husband, Arne Olav Brundtland, from Bygdøy church on Monday.
Arne Olav Brundtland fell asleep quietly inside Diakonhjemmet Hospital together with his household round him every week and a half in the past, aged 87.
Gro Harlem Brundtland’s husband is lifeless
In 1960 he married Gro Harlem Brundtland who would later develop into Norway’s first feminine minister. Collectively that they had 4 youngsters.
For 3 intervals from 1981, she led the nation i The Labor Occasion-government rule. This autumn, the 85-year-old Bygdøy resident was elected as Oslo Metropolis Councilthe oldest member of the Labor Occasion for the Frogner space.
Arne Olav Brundtland was a political scientist and labored in Norwegian Overseas Coverage Institute (Nupi).
“Thanks Olav. Gro»
Bygdøy church the place for the funeral on Monday night. On the reminiscence web page proven Jølstad funeral house upfront that Bygdøy church has room for about 200 individuals in attendance, and that 100 of those had been reserved for the funeral.
Across the coffin have been numerous wreaths, together with from the royal household, family and friends. “Thanks Olav. Gro”, it was written on the wreath that was on the coffin.
In the course of the ceremony, the hymns “Wonderful Grace” and “Deilig er jorden” are performed, there are memorial phrases from the household, a rose ceremony, a prayer and a poem earlier than the coffin is made. He was a priest Arne Øyvind Slørdahl.
Former ministers
Quite a lot of high-profile Labor Occasion politicians and ministers in Gro Harlem Brundtland’s authorities got here to the church earlier than the funeral, Åse Kleveland, Sigbjørn Johnsen and Bjørn Tore Godal amongst.
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Additionally former occasion secretary for the Labor Occasion and secretary of state for Gro Harlem Brundtland throughout components of her time as prime minister, Martin Kolbergassociated.
– He was particular person. A trustworthy and good man, whom we loved very a lot, Kolberg says of Arne Olav Brundtland VG.
Prime minister significantly
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), who additionally grew to become a crew chief in Gro Harlem Brundtland’s workplace in 1998 World Well being Group (WHO), got here together with his spouse Marit Slagsvold.
– I’ve many good recollections with him from the numerous journeys we went on collectively, at house and overseas. My ideas now go primarily to Gro and the fast household, Gahr Støre instructed NTB after Brundtland’s dying.
Additionally former prime minister for Christian Individuals’s Occasion, Kjell Magne Bondevikgot here to the church.