“Thanks Olav. Gro” says the wreath in Bygdøy church. The previous prime minister positioned a rose on her husband’s coffin.
He fell asleep quietly on the Diakonhjemmet on Friday 7 June, surrounded by his quick household.
Brundtland grew to become well-known as a result of he was the husband of Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (Ap). He himself was a political scientist, a researcher on the Norwegian International Coverage Institute (NUPI) and a right-winger.
The 2 married in 1960, and had over 60 years collectively as a married couple. That they had 4 kids, and several other grandchildren.
Final greetings from Gro Harlem Brundtland to her husband. Photograph: Helge Mikalsen / VG
– A pioneer
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Aib) will attend the funeral. He labored intently with Gro for a few years, and acquired to know her husband properly.
– It is a unhappy day. I’ve many good reminiscences, says Støre.
– He was an necessary supporter of Gro. He was a pioneer.
Støre praises Arne Olav Brundtland for taking duty at house when Gro was prime minister – as the primary girl.
– He was accountable for following the kids and the house, in his personal manner. I believe that may be a crucial expertise and a chapter in Equality Norway.
– Made a mark
Some relations will learn poems and add music, in addition to phrases of household reminiscences. The priest is Arne Øyvind Slørdahl.
– He left his mark, mentioned the priest.
Slørdahl highlights Brundtland’s tutorial profession and his capacity to kind in two memoirs, “Married with Gro” from 1996 and “Fortsatt reward med Gro” from 2003.
– I believe that is the best way it was. Optimistic, humorous and relatable. You might have skilled that, the priest says to these current.
The hymns on the funeral are “Superb Grace” and “Pretty is the Earth”. As well as, “Så skimrande var aldrig haget” and “What a Great World” shall be carried out. When the coffin is made, the music is “Mo Bealach Féin”.
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– A very good particular person
– He was particular person. A pleasant and constant man, who we actually loved, says Martin Kolberg, former social gathering secretary in Ap.
He labored intently with Gro for a few years, and says he admired Arne Olav – whom he describes as a gentleman, well mannered, attentive and educated.
– How necessary was it to Gro Harlem Brundtland?
– Vital. Crucial. Life has taught me that if there is no such thing as a order at house, you won’t be able to have a distinguished place, says Kolberg.
Gro’s political circle was stirred by her falling out with a younger Conservative man. And because the husband of the nation’s first feminine prime minister, he needed to form the brand new position himself.
– He at all times managed to know that he shouldn’t be first. It is a high quality it’s a must to get used to, Kolberg says and continues:
– I bear in mind him greatest as a result of he was a help for Gro, but in addition as a result of he was a cheerleader who might say liberating strains.
Discover the looks
Arne Olav entered Gro’s life very early as a scholar.
– The very first thing I observed about Arne Olav was his eyes. Her look. I’ll not consider in love at first sight, however in somebody at first sight, Gro Harlem Brundtland mentioned in a VG interview in 2017.
He wrote a number of specialist books, significantly on European safety coverage and relations with the Soviet Union.
Brundtland was significantly interested by arms management, and was a visiting researcher on this topic at Harvard College.
Brundtland was the editor of the journal Internasjonal Politikk.
In 2006 he suffered a stroke.
– Similar to weakened physique elements, the mind will also be educated once more, Gro Harlem Brundtland mentioned on the time.
Åse Kleveland and her husband Oddvar Bull Tuhus on their solution to the funeral. The well-known artist was Minister of Tradition in Gro Harlem Brundland’s third authorities.
a wreath from the Royal Home.
