Per Borten

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Person.png Per Borten  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Born3 April 1913
Died20 January 2005 (Age 91)
NationalityNorwegian
PartyCentre Party (Norway)

Employment.png Prime Minister of Norway Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
12 October 1965 - 17 March 1971
Preceded byEinar Gerhardsen
Succeeded byTrygve Bratteli

Employment.png Member of the Storting

In office
1 January 1950 - 30 September 1977

Per Borten was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and the 25th prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet (the Agrarian Party) into today's Centre Party. He was an active opponent of Norway joining the European Union.[1]


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