Dagfinn Vårvik

Dagfinn Vårvik (8 June 1924 – 25 March 2018)^[1] was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Leinstrand Municipality.

Dagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 18 October 1972 – 16 October 1973
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald
Preceded by	Andreas Cappelen
Succeeded by	Knut Frydenlund
Minister of Finance
In office 28 August 1963 – 25 September 1963
Prime Minister	John Lyng
Preceded by	Andreas Cappelen
Succeeded by	Andreas Cappelen
Minister of Pay and Prices
In office 12 October 1965 – 17 March 1971
Prime Minister	Per Borten
Preceded by	Idar Norstrand
Succeeded by	Olav Gjærevoll
Leader of the Centre Party
In office 1973–1977
Preceded by	John Austrheim
Succeeded by	Gunnar Stålsett
Personal details
Born	(1924-06-08)8 June 1924 Leinstrand Municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Died	25 March 2018(2018-03-25) (aged 93) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Centre
Spouse	Bjørg Presttrø

Vårvik graduated with a cand.oecon. degree in 1951. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the term 1961–1965. He worked in the newspaper Nationen from 1961 to 1991, as a journalist except for the period 1963 to 1988 when he was editor-in-chief.From August to September 1963 he was Minister of Finance during the short-lived centre-right cabinet Lyng.^[2]

He was later Minister of Wages and Prices from 1965 to 1971 during the cabinet Borten, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1973 during the cabinet Korvald. He was a deputy member of Oslo city council in 1971–1975 and served as the chairman of the Centre Party from 1973 to 1977.^[2]

Vårvik died on 25 March 2018 at the age of 93.^[3]