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Trygve Lie
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Trygve Lie

1896 – 1968 · aged 72

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

Born
16 Jul 1896 · Grünerløkka
Died
30 Dec 1968 · Geilo
Part ofNorway848 CE – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 83 years
  1. 16 Jul 1896BornBorn in Grünerløkka
  2. 1935 – 1939RoleMinister of Justice and Public Security
  3. 1937 – 1945RoleMember of the Parliament of Norway
  4. 1939RoleMinister of Trade and Shipping
  5. 1940 – 1946RoleForeign Minister of Norway
  6. 1945 – 1950RoleMember of the Parliament of Norway
  7. 1946 – 1952RoleUnited Nations Secretary-General
  8. 1953AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  9. 1955 – 1963RoleCounty Governor of Oslo and Akershus
  10. 1963 – 1964RoleMinister of industry
  11. 1964 – 1965RoleMinister of Trade and Shipping
  12. 30 Dec 1968DiedDied in Geilo

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1896 – 1968).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  38. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  40. 1968Prague Spring

Biography

Trygve Halvdan Lie ( LEE, Norwegian: [ˈtrʏ̂ɡvə ˈliː] ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. He was the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

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