Tore Tønne

Tore Tønne

Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Dagfinn Høybråten
Succeeded by	Dagfinn Høybråten

Personal details
Born	(1948-03-05)5 March 1948 Ogndal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Died	20 December 2002(2002-12-20) (aged 54) Lier, Buskerud, Norway
Political party	Labour

Tore Tønne (5 March 1948 – 20 December 2002) was the Norwegian politician who served as the minister of health and social affairs (responsible for social affairs) from 2000 to 2001 in the Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged economic improprieties committed after the conclusion of his term in the Norwegian cabinet.^[1] This incident led to a debate about media responsibility and individual rights in Norway and is considered to be one of the significant political scandals in Norway.^[2]

Ivar Hippe wrote a book about him entitled Mektig og avmektig: Tore Tønne, media og maktspillet bak kulissene.

References

^ Grigoryan, Marianna (10 October 2008). ""We're not in Norway any more Toto": A revealing comparison of journalism in the No.1 country for freedom of speech, and the 77th". Retrieved 21 April 2009.
^ Tor Midtbø (2012). "Do Mediated Political Scandals Affect Party Popularity in Norway?". In Sigurd Allern; Ester Pollack (eds.). Scandalous!: The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries. Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. p. 155. ISBN 978-91-86523-27-5.