Former Norwegian leader Odvar Nordli dies at 90

Norwegian Prime Minister Odvar Nordli, who has died aged 90, meets US President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1979 (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)

Odvar Nordli, Norway's prime minister in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has died at the age of 90.

Current Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday that Mr Nordli, who headed a left-leaning Labour Party government from 1976 to 1981, was "a key politician".