Kaare Fostervoll was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.
10 Facts About Kaare Fostervoll
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Kaare Fostervoll was born in Kristiansund as a son of school manager Kristen Fostervoll and Anna Karoline Kvande.
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Kaare Fostervoll took the examen artium in 1910, graduated from Volda Teacher's College in 1912, and worked as a teacher at various schools from 1912 to 1927.
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Kaare Fostervoll became chairman of the Students' Society because of a coalition with Mot Dag.
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Kaare Fostervoll later denounced Mot Dag's revolutionary tendencies, but remained an anti-militarist, opposing NATO in the 1940s.
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Kaare Fostervoll's family retreated to a small farm which the family possessed, and lived here until 1945.
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Kaare Fostervoll remained so in Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet, but left in 1948.
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Kaare Fostervoll served in this job from 1948 to 1962, the major achievement being the introduction of television in Norway.
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Kaare Fostervoll was a co-founder of the European Broadcasting Union, and represented Norway in the organization.
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Kaare Fostervoll was a board member of Foreningen Norden from 1949 to 1962 and of the Nansen Foundation from 1930 to 1962.