Tor Halvorsen

Tor Halvorsen (24 November 1930 – 4 November 1987) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Skien.

He had started his career in a shoe factory in 1946. In 1952 he was hired as a plumber. He was later involved in the trade union at Herøya. He later advanced in the hierarchy to become secretary of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, a position he held in the periods 1969–1973 and 1976–1977.

In 1973 he was named Minister of the Environment in the second cabinet Bratteli. During a cabinet reshuffle in 1974 he became Minister of Social Affairs, sitting through the period, to 1976. In 1977 he became leader of the organization, a position he kept until his death in 1987. At the same time he was a member of the Labour Party central board from 1977 to 1987.

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in during the terms 1969–1973. On the local level he was a member of Skien municipality council from 1963 to 1971. He chaired the local party chapter from 1969 to 1971.

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