Erling Wikborg became barrister at the Supreme Court in Oslo in 1922. In 1945 he was elected to the Storting. He was a representative of the Christian People's Party in 1945-1949 and in 1954-1961, the party's chairman in 1952-1956. In 1963 (August - September) he served as Foreign Minister in a non-socialist coalition government.

Wikborg was a Norwegian delegate to the UN General Assembly several times and was a member of the Nordic Council 1954-1961. He was a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1965 and permanent member in 1967-1969.


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