Ivar Lykke (politician)

Ivar Lykke (9 January 1872, Trondheim – 4 December^[1] 1949, Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party, who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1926 to 1928. He was also president of the Storting from 1919 to 1927.^[2]

Ivar Lykke
Prime Minister of Norway
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	J. L. Mowinckel
Succeeded by	Christopher Hornsrud
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	J. L. Mowinckel
Succeeded by	Edvard Bull, Sr.
Member of the Storting
In office 1 January 1916 – 4 December 1945
Constituency	Trondheim and Levanger
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 1923–1926
Preceded by	Otto B. Halvorsen
Succeeded by	C. J. Hambro
President of the Storting
In office 1 January 1919 – 31 December 1927 Serving with Gunnar Knudsen, Anders Buen, Ivar P. Tveiten, Otto B. Halvorsen, Gunder A. Jahren and C. J. Hambro
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen Otto B. Halvorsen Otto Blehr Abraham Berge J. L. Mowinckel
Preceded by	Martin Olsen Nalum Ivar P. Tveiten J. L. Mowinckel
Succeeded by	C. J. Hambro
Personal details
Born	(1872-01-09)9 January 1872 Trondhjem, Sør-Trøndelag, Sweden-Norway
Died	4 December 1949(1949-12-04) (aged 77) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Petra Anker Bachke
Profession	Merchant

World War Two

Lykke was a member of the parliament's presidium in 1940;^[3] he stepped in (according to mandate) for president in exile, C. J. Hambro.^[4]

On 27 June 1940 Lykke, and others of parliament's presidium, signed an appeal to King Haakon VII, about [the desire for] his abdication.^[3] (The presidium back then consisted of the presidents and vicepresidents of parliament, Odelstinget and Lagtinget.^[5])

1945

After World War Two, he and others were criticized (for actions in 1940) by a parliamentary fact-finding commission.

Visit by King Haakon

By 1947 he was still being treated for cancer.^[4]

During King Haakon's visit that year to Trondheim, he diverged from his official program to visit Lykke.^[4] Lykke said "Thou can believe that we had it difficult here in Norway in the summer of 1940".^[4] The king replied, "That is exactly why I am coming to You, dear Ivar Lykke", and stretched forward his hand" [for greeting].^[4]