death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name
oslo 16 november 2004 stavanger norwegian 11 february 1933 secretary-general partially sighted -lrb- 1971 -- 1994 -rrb- chair of the of norwegian association of the blind and partially sighted -lrb- 1969 the -- 1971 -rrb- chair of the norwegian federation of organisations norwegian of disabled people -lrb- 1979 -- 1983 -rrb- association of the blind and arne husveg
 arne husveg
arne husveg

arne husveg -lrb- 11 february 1933 -- 16 november 2004 -rrb- was a norwegian organizational leader and disability rights activist .
he was born in stavanger , and became blind at the age of 2 .
he took his examen artium in 1952 , studied at the universities of exeter , vienna and florence until 1955 and worked for some years as a translator .
from 1963 to 1971 he worked as a physiotherapist .
husveg was a co-founder of the norwegian federation of organisations of disabled people already in 1950 .
he was also involved in the norwegian association of the blind and partially sighted , and participated at their national convention for the first time in 1951 .
he chaired the organization for one term , from 1969 to 1971 , and from 1971 to 1994 he was employed as their secretary-general .
he also chaired the federation of organisations of disabled people from 1979 to 1983 , having been a board member from 1969 to 1979 .
he co-founded the european blind union in 1984 , and was board member for many years as well as president from 1987 to 1996 .
from 2000 to his death he was vice president of the world blind union .
he represented the socialist left party in oslo city council .
arne husveg was decorated with the royal norwegian order of st. olav and the world blind union 's highest award , the louis braille medal .
he was married twice -- in 1956 , he married anne bolley and in 1987 , he married college lecturer else momrak haugan .
he died in november 2004 in oslo .
