{{Short description|Norwegian economist and politician}} thumb|Kjell Holler (1986) '''Kjell Torbjørn Holler''' (29 June 1925 – 1 November 2000) was a Norwegian economist and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party and a Minister of Industry.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://snl.no/Kjell_Torbj%C3%B8rn_Holler|title= Kjell Torbjørn Holler|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon |author= Knut Are Tvedt|accessdate= February 1, 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Holler was born at Tinn in Telemark, Norway. He graduated with a degree in economics at the University of Oslo in 1950. From 1950 to 1952 Holler was an employee at the daily newspaper ''Arbeiderbladet''. He later handled media relations and community contact at the telecommunications company Televerket. Holler was chairman of Televerket from 1974 until he took over as director general 1980–1991. He served as chairman of the Norwegian Refugee Council from 1991 to 1997. He was Minister of Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen from 1959 to 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/h.html|title=Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2011-05-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121205085126/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/h.html|archivedate=2012-12-05}}</ref> Holler was forced to resign as a result of the Kings Bay Affair.<ref name="SNL">{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Kjell_Torbjørn_Holler|title=Kjell Torbjørn Holler|last=|first=|publisher=Store Norske Leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-28}}</ref>
The mountain of Hollertoppen in Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, is named after Holler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Hollertoppen |title=Hollertoppen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref>
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