What is Jon Ola Norbom?
[[File:Jon Ola Norbom.jpg|thumb|200px|Norbum in 1950]] '''Jon Ola Hauger Norbom''' (15 December 1923 &ndash; 12 April 2020) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[economist]] and politician. He was a member of the [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]]. He served in the [[cabinet]]s of [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Ministers]] [[Per Borten]] and [[Lars Korvald]]. From 1950 to 1952, he was the leader of the [[Young Liberals of Norway]], the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was [[Secretary of State|State Secretary]] in the [[Ministry of Finance (Norway)|Ministry of Finance]] from 1967 to 1969, and was [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Minister of the Finance]] from 1972 to 1973. He never held any elected political office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=JONO&tab=Biography|title=Norbom, Jon Ola Hauger (1923–2020)|publisher=[[Storting]]|access-date=19 June 2019|lang=no}}</ref> Norbom was born in [[Bærum]]. In 1942, during [[World War II]], Norbom was a prisoner at [[Grini concentration camp]] for a short time. He was later imprisoned at [[Buchenwald concentration camp]]. Norbom died in [[Suwanee, Georgia]], [[United States]] on 12 April 2020. He was 96.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://snl.no/Jon_Ola_Norbom|title=Jon Ola Norbom|work=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia|access-date=17 April 2020|lang=no}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Norbom, Jon Ola}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian economists]] [[Category:Norwegian politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}