Oddvar Berrefjord

Oddvar Berrefjord
Minister of Justice
In office
3 October 1980 – 4 February 1981
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Preceded byAndreas Cappelen
Succeeded byBjørn Skau
In office
17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime MinisterTrygve Bratteli
Preceded byEgil Endresen
Succeeded byPetter Mørch Koren
Governor of Telemark
In office
30 September 1976 – 1 October 1987
Prime MinisterOdvar Nordli
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Kåre Willoch
Preceded byOlav Haukvik
Succeeded byKjell Bohlin
County Mayor of Telemark
In office
1 January 1968 – 17 March 1971
Preceded byArne Midgaard
Succeeded bySigurd Kolltviet
Personal details
Born(1918-03-20)20 March 1918
Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
Died25 November 1999(1999-11-25) (aged 81)
Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political partyLabour

Oddvar Berrefjord (born 20 March 1918 in Vardø, died 25 November 1999) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.

He was Minister of Justice and the Police from 1971 to 1972 in the first cabinet Bratteli, and from 1980 to 1981 in the cabinet Nordli. As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the terms 1965–1969 and 1969–1973.[1]

On the local level he was a member of municipal council of Skien Municipality from 1945 to 1959 and 1963 to 1971, serving the last four years as deputy mayor. He was also county mayor of Telemark county from 1967 to 1971. He chaired the county party chapter from 1963 to 1968, and was a member of the national party board from 1963 to 1979. He was County Governor of Telemark from 1976 to 1987.[1]

Outside politics Berrefjord was a jurist. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1941, and participated as a judge in the Legal purge in Norway after World War II. He later worked as a district attorney in Telemark and as a presiding judge.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oddvar Berrefjord" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
 County mayor of Telemark
1967–1971 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police
1971–1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by County Governor of Telemark
1976–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police
1980–1981 		Succeeded by


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