Håkon Kyllingmark

Håkon Kyllingmark
Håkon Kyllingmark at the Norwegian Maritime Museum in 1967
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 12 October 1965 – 17 March 1971
Prime Minister	Per Borten
Preceded by	Erik Himle
Succeeded by	Reiulf Steen
Minister of Defence
In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963
Prime Minister	John Lyng
Preceded by	Gudmund Harlem
Succeeded by	Gudmund Harlem
Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 1958 – 26 April 1970
Leader	Alv Kjøs Sjur Lindebrække
Preceded by	Claudia Olsen
Succeeded by	Lars T. Platou
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1954 – 30 September 1981
Constituency	Nordland
Personal details
Born	Håkon Olai Kyllingmark (1915-01-19)19 January 1915 Honningsvåg, Finnmark, Norway
Died	12 August 2003(2003-08-12) (aged 88) Svolvær, Nordland, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Ingegerd Ødegaard (m. 1942)
Children	Snorre Kyllingmark, Bjørg Henriksen (Kyllingmark)

Håkon Olai Kyllingmark (19 January 1915 – 12 August 2003) was a Norwegian military officer and businessman. He served as a politician for the Conservative Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament.^[1]

Biography

He was born at Kjelvik in Finnmark, Norway. His parents were Martin Kyllingmark (1879-1916) and Sigridur Sæmundsdottir (1892-1963). He received an education at the Army Command School in 1934 and the Flyvåpen Flying School in 1937. He had a career in the Norwegian Armed Forces between in 1940 and 1943–1945. He rose to the rank of captain in 1944 and major in 1945–1954. He had been a member of Milorg during the German occupation of Norway, and received the Defence Medal 1940–1945.^[2]

Kyllingmark was a principally of the wholesale company H. Kyllingmark A / S from 1945 to 1965. He was involved in local politics in Svolvær from 1945 to 1947 and 1951 to 1963. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1954, and was re-elected on six occasions. From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Defence during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng. While he held this position Moy Herborg Regina Nordahl took his seat in parliament. He was later Norwegian Minister of Transport from 1965 to 1971 during the cabinet Borten. His seat was filled by Bodil Aakre, Leif Kolflaath and Andreas Grimsø alternately.

References

1. Paul Thyness. "Håkon Kyllingmark". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
2. Knut Are Tvedt. "Håkon Kyllingmark". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

External links

• "Håkon Kyllingmark" (in Norwegian). Storting.

Preceded by Gudmund Harlem	Norwegian Minister of Defence 1963	Succeeded by Gudmund Harlem
Preceded by Erik Himle	Norwegian Minister of Transport 1965–1971	Succeeded by Reiulf Steen