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Atle Ørbeck Sørheim (9 December 1933 – 15 April 2024) was a Norwegian veterinarian and civil servant. He was born in
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, finished his secondary education in 1953 and graduated with the cand.med.vet. degree in 1959. He ran his own veterinary office from 1959 to 1962, was a
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at the
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from 1962 to 1964, was municipal veterinarian in
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from 1964 to 1965, and worked in
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for the
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from 1965 to 1969. He worked in the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture from 1969 to 1979, the Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1979 to 1988 and was the director of the Norwegian State Food Authority from 1988 to 1998. He was appointed a Knight First Class of the
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in 1999. Sørheim died on 15 April 2024, 90 years old.


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1933 births 2024 deaths Norwegian veterinarians Directors of government agencies of Norway People from Østre Toten {{Norway-gov-bio-stub