Olaf Kortner

Olaf Erling Kortner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal [Party of Norway|Liberal Party].
He was born in Skien.
From 1948 to 1950 he was the leader of the Young [Liberals of Norway], the youth wing of the Liberal Party.
He was a member of the municipal council for Strinda Municipality in the period 1951-1955. From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister [of Education and Church Affairs (Norway)|Minister of Education and Church Affairs] during the short-lived centre-right cabinet of John Lyng.
He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the terms 1965-1969 and 1969-1973. During parts of these terms, from 1965 to 1970, he met as a regular representative for Helge Seip while he was appointed to the cabinet Borten.
A cand.philol. by education, he worked as a teacher in Strinda and Oslo from 1950 to 1970. From 1971 to 1990 he headed the school administration in Akershus.