Hallvard Eika

Hallvard Eika
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office 18 October 1972 – 16 October 1973
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald
Preceded by	Per Kleppe
Succeeded by	Jens Evensen
Minister of Agriculture
In office 21 August 1970 – 17 March 1971
Prime Minister	Per Borten
Preceded by	Bjarne Lyngstad
Succeeded by	Thorstein Treholt
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 18 October 1972 – 16 October 1973
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald
Preceded by	Per Kleppe
Succeeded by	Bjartmar Gjerde
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1969 – 30 September 1977
Constituency	Telemark
Personal details
Born	(1920-12-05)5 December 1920 Torquay, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	17 May 1989(1989-05-17) (aged 68) Bø, Telemark, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Aslaug Vethe (1959–1986; her death)

Hallvard Eika (5 December 1920 – 17 May 1989) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his first term he served twice in different cabinets. On 21 August 1970 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture during the centre-right cabinet Borten, replacing Bjarne Lyngstad. He held the position until the cabinet Borten fell in 1971. Meanwhile, Eika was busy with his appointment to the Borten cabinet, Sigurd Kalheim took his seat in Parliament.

When the next centrist government was formed in 1972 by Prime Minister Lars Korvald, Eika was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping and again had to leave his seat in Parliament. Again he was replaced by Sigurd Kalheim, who then left the Liberal Party for the Liberal People's Party two months into his tenure. Eika was re-elected to Parliament at the 1973 general elections. He was still a member of the Korvald cabinet for some weeks, until Trygve Bratteli formed his second cabinet, upon which point Eika returned to serve as a Parliament representative. Eivind Øygarden had acted as replacement him during this short period.

Eika was mayor of Bø in 1967–1970, and then served as a municipal council member in the periods 1970–1971, 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.

Outside politics he graduated from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1946. From 1977 to 1985 he was director of agriculture in Telemark county.

References

• "Hallvard Eika" (in Norwegian). Storting.