Guttorm Hansen

Guttorm Hansen
President of the Storting
In office 9 October 1973 – 30 September 1981
Monarch	Olav V
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald Trygve Bratteli Odvar Nordli Gro Harlem Brundtland
Vice President	Svenn Stray
Preceded by	Leif Granli
Succeeded by	Per Hysing-Dahl
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1961 – 30 September 1985
Constituency	Nord-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born	(1920-11-03)3 November 1920 Namsos, North Trøndelag, Norway
Died	2 April 2009(2009-04-02) (aged 88)
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Politician

Guttorm Hansen (3 November 1920 – 2 April 2009) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He started his career as a mechanic, but after 1945 he was a journalist and editor of magazines and newspapers. Via local politics in his native Namsos he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1961, serving six terms in total. He was the President of the Storting for two of these terms, from 1973 to 1981. He was also known as a prolific book writer, many of his books having a direct connection to his political life.