Oskar Øksnes

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Oskar Øksnes
Minister of Agriculture
In office
15 January 1976 – 14 October 1981
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byThorstein Treholt
Succeeded byJohan C. Løken
State Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture
In office
17 April 1964 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
MinisterLeif Granli
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1961 – 30 September 1965
ConstituencyNord-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born
Oskar Ingemann Øksnes

(1921-04-11)11 April 1921
Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Died27 March 1999(1999-03-27) (aged 77)
Political partyLabour

Oskar Ingemann Øksnes (11 April 1921 – 27 March 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag. An agronomist by education, Øksnes was state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture from 1964 to 1965, during the Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet. He later became Minister of Agriculture in 1976, and served in the post until 1981 in Nordli's Cabinet and Brundtland's First Cabinet.

He was decorated Knight, First Order of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1987.

References

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  • "Oskar Øksnes" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture
1976–1981
Succeeded by