Anker Folkestad

Anker Lyder Folkestad (31 July 1914 – 28 August 1989) was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Ullern as a son of station manager Ole Folkestad (1875–1951) and Marianne Evensen (1878–1950), and younger brother of engineer Olav Georg Folkestad. In 1942 he married Ragnhild Charlotte Ajaxson. They resided in Bærum.[1]

He finished secondary school in 1933 and also took Treider School in 1937. He was subsequently hired as a secretary at Treider School before studying law. He graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1945.[1]

He worked as a secretary and consultant in the Ministry of Finance from 1946, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1956. After a tenure as director of personnel in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1961 to 1963, he was appointed as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Defence.[1]

Folkestad was also a member of several public planning commissions.[1] He died in August 1989 and was buried at Haslum.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Folkestad, Anker". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 159. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 5 April 2014.


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