Kjell Opseth
Opseth in 2009.
Minister of Local Government
In office
25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime MinisterThorbjørn Jagland
Preceded byGunnar Berge
Succeeded byRagnhild Haarstad
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byLars Gunnar Lie
Succeeded bySissel Rønbeck
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001
ConstituencySogn og Fjordane
Personal details
Born
Kjell Olav Opseth

(1936-01-02)2 January 1936
Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Died3 December 2017(2017-12-03) (aged 81)
Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Political partyLabour
SpouseHjørdis Årberg (m. 1963)[1]

Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997.[2] As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on her own [she] is not a traffic hazard. It depends where she is."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kjell Opseth" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Opseth, Kjell ( 1936- )" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ^ Daily Telegraph, 'Quotes of the Year', 29 December 1993
Political offices Preceded byGunnar Berge Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1996–1997 Succeeded byRagnhild Haarstad Preceded byLars Gunnar Lie Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 Succeeded bySissel Rønbeck


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