Liv Buck

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Liv Marie Buck (24 December 1928 – 29 March 2012[1]) was a Norwegian trade unionist.

She hailed from Oslo. She entered the union Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices when she started working, and in 1968 she was hired as secretary for women's affairs in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. She was promoted to secretary in 1971, and became the first women in the management of the Confederation of Trade Unions. From 1977 to 1989 she served as head secretary.[2][3] She was succeeded by Jan Balstad.[4]

She chaired the Norwegian People's Aid,[5] was a board member of the Equal Wages Council,[6] the Regional Development Fund,[7] the Norwegian Guarantee Institute for Export Credits,[8] the Industry Fund,[2] Rikstrygdeverket.[9] and Oslo Kinematografer.[10] She was also a member of the National Wages Board, originally as deputy of Leif Haraldseth but from 1986 as a full member.[11]

She was married to Henry Nicolaysen, leader of the Norwegian Transport Workers' Union.[12] She died in 2012.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Death announcement[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c Flåthen, Roar (19 April 2012). "Liv Buck". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). p. 41.
  3. ^ Flåthen, Roar (18 April 2012). "Liv Buck er død" (in Norwegian). Frifagbevegelse.no. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Yngve Hågensen valgt til ny LO-leder" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 October 1989.
  5. ^ Lyshagen, Guttorm (1989). 50 år i krig og fred: Norsk folkehjelp 1939-89 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norwegian People's Aid. p. 146.
  6. ^ "Gifte kvinner i arbeidslivet – støter på utallige hindringer". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 17 December 1968. p. 26.
  7. ^ "Offisielt fra statsråd" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 June 1989.
  8. ^ "Offisielt fra statsråd" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 30 June 1989.
  9. ^ "Dagens navn". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 December 1993.
  10. ^ Andersen, Odd Einar (3 October 1970). "Chat Noirs skjebnetime". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 8.
  11. ^ "Offisielt fra statsråd" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 May 1986.
  12. ^ Hågensen, Yngve (10 March 2000). "Henry Nicolaysen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
Preceded by Chair of the Norwegian People's Aid
1983–
Succeeded by