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Trygve Halvdan Lie

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Trygve Halvdan Lie , 1896-1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations . A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was Norwegian minister of justice (1935-39) and minister of trade and supply (1939-41). He became (1941) foreign minister of the government in exile. Elected (1946) secretary-general of the United Nations, Lie took an active part in negotiations and incurred the enmity of the USSR by supporting UN action in the Korean War . In 1953 he was succeeded at the United Nations by Dag Hammarskjöld . In Norway Lie was appointed (1955) governor of Oslo and... Read more
Trygve Halvdan Lie
...Halvdan Lie The Norwegian statesman Trygve Halvdan Lie (1896-1968), first secretary general...that his successors maintained. Trygve Lie was born in Oslo, Norway, on July...of the United Nations, vol. 1: Trygve Lie (1969); and Arthur Rovine, The... Read more
Lie, Trygve Halvdan
Lie, Trygve Halvdan (1896–1968) Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946–52). Lie blamed both sides for the Cold War , but antagonized the Soviet Union by his support for UN intervention in the Korean War (1950... Read more

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