Kjell Opseth
Appearance
Kjell Opseth | |
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Minister of Local Government | |
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Preceded by | Gunnar Berge |
Succeeded by | Ragnhild Haarstad |
Minister of Transport and Communications | |
In office 3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
Preceded by | Lars Gunnar Lie |
Succeeded by | Sissel Rønbeck |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001 | |
Constituency | Sogn og Fjordane |
Personal details | |
Born | Kjell Olav Opseth 2 January 1936 Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
Died | 3 December 2017 Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway | (aged 81)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Hjørdis 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
- ^ "Kjell Opseth" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Opseth, Kjell ( 1936- )" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ Daily Telegraph, 'Quotes of the Year', 29 December 1993