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Trygve Lie

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Trygve Lie

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Also known as Rodney Witherspoon

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

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Trygve Lie (1896–1968) was a Norwegian politician, diplomat, jurist, and lawyer. Born in Grünerløkka, Oslo, he served as Foreign Minister of Norway and later as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. A member of the Norwegian Labour Party, Lie was educated at the University of Oslo and worked in both Oslo and New York City. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Lie received the Medal for Outstanding Civic Service and the Order of the Dannebrog. His published works include *The road to peace*, *Syv år for freden*, *De forente nasjoner*, and *Statement on the world situation*. He spoke Norwegian and English. Lie died of a myocardial infarction in Geilo.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1896
Died
1968
Works
4

Top works

  • The road to peace
  • Syv år for freden
  • De forente nasjoner
  • [Commencement address to the alumni, 1948]
  • Statement on the world situation

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

    · 2012 · cited 6,794x

  2. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

  3. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>

    · 2021 · cited 2,489x

  4. Basis-set convergence of correlated calculations on water

    · 1997 · cited 2,439x

  5. Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U–Pb geochronology

    · 2006 · cited 2,387x

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~13 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Trygve Halvdan Lie (/liː/ 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.

Early life

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