Gerhard Meidell Gerhardsen (3 June 1912 – 1 March 1986) was a Norwegian

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. He was born in Finnaas as a son of

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, farmer and politician Gerhard Meidell Gerhardsen (1885–1931) and Helga Marie Selmer (1888–1935). He was a grandson of bailiff, farmer and politician Gerhard Meidell Gerhardsen (1848–1912). He studied economics at the

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, and was hired in the

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in 1939. From 1947 to 1953 he led the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the

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, and from 1952 to 1982 he was a professor of fishery economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. From 1957 to 1959 he had a connection to the Norwegian development project in Kerala as a fisheries expert; he released the critical book ''Det norske eksperiment i India'' in 1959. Another notable book was ''Fiskeriene i Norge'' from 1964. From 1967 to 1968 he returned to

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as a fisheries advisor for the federal government. He was a board member of ''Norges fiskerihøgskole'' and ''Norges fiskeriforskningsråd''. His brother Thorvald Gerhardsen was the chairman of the latter organization. Gerhard Meidell Gerhardsen was appointed as a Knight 1st Class of the

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in 1982. He died in March 1986 in

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1912 births 1986 deaths People from Bømlo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian School of Economics faculty Norwegian expatriates in India Food and Agriculture Organization officials 20th-century Norwegian economists Norwegian officials of the United Nations {{Norway-academic-bio-stub