Tore Tønne

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

{{More citations needed|date=April 2009}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Tore Tønne

| office= Minister of Health and Social Affairs

| term_start= 17 March 2000

| term_end= 19 October 2001

| primeminister= Jens Stoltenberg

| predecessor= Dagfinn Høybråten

| successor= Dagfinn Høybråten

| birth_date= {{birth date|1948|03|05|df=y}}

| birth_place= Ogndal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

| death_date= {{Death date and age|2002|12|20|1948|03|05|df=y}}

| death_place= Lier, Buskerud, Norway

| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&IID=1204&CID=3181&AID=3306&lng=eng|title="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|last=Grigoryan|first=Marianna|date=10 October 2008|access-date=21 April 2009}} 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.{{cite book|author=Tor Midtbø|editor1=Sigurd Allern|editor2=Ester Pollack |title=Scandalous!: The Mediated Construction of Political Scandals in Four Nordic Countries|year=2012|publisher=Nordicom, University of Gothenburg|page=155|location=Gothenburg|isbn=978-91-86523-27-5|chapter=Do Mediated Political Scandals Affect Party Popularity in Norway?|chapter-url=http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1534752&dswid=8489}}

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