Trygve de Lange

Trygve de Lange (3 September 1918 – 12 February 1981) was a Norwegian lawyer and secretary-general of Libertas.

[1] When Libertas was founded to promote libertarian ideas after World War 2 in order to counteract the social democratic tendency of the time, de Lange was hired as the first secretary-general.

[3] John Lyng belonged to those who wanted de Lange as general secretary of the Conservative Party, while primarily C.J.

[4][5] Libertas proposed concrete political programs and alternative state budgets, but was opposed by the Conservatives' central government, which stated that "the independence of the parties is an absolute prerequisite for a clear responsibility in political life."

[4] De Lange had many supporters, some of whom wanted to recruit him to the leadership of the Conservative Party.