Trygve Lie was the son of a plain carpenter of Grünerlökken, an Oslo workers’ suburb. He became a union lawyer, for over 20 years held his own in the rough & tumble of Norway’s Labor politics.

Secretary General Trygve Lie made a new effort last week to end Russia's walkout and the U.N. stalemate. Lie proposed a ten-point, 20-year "program for achieving peace through the United ...

FRANKFURT — Trygve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations, en route from Amsterdam to Prague, landed at Rhine-Main Airport this afternoon after bad weather had prevented his landing in ...