Hallstein Rasmussen (22 April 1925 – 28 February 2016) was a Norwegian civil servant. Rasmussen was born in

Fræna Fræna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the region of Romsdal. The municipality was located on the Romsdal peninsula surrounding the Frænfjorden, the eastern shore of the Julsundet strait, and inclu ...

, and graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1952. He was first hired at the

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries ( no, Fiskeridirektoratet) is a Norwegian government agency. On 1 January 2014 it was incorporated into the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries formerly under the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal ...

in 1953, where he worked as secretary for the director

Klaus Sunnanå Klaus Sunnanå (29 January 1905 – 22 January 1980) was a Norwegian '' Mot Dag'' member, economist and fisheries director. He was born in Avaldsnes as a son of teacher and farmer Knut Andreas Søndenaa (1871–1948) and Lisa Kristine Thuestad (188 ...

. From 1958 to 1968 he served as secretary general for the trade union . From 1968 he was assigned assisting director in the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, and was appointed head of the

from 1978 to 1988. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1995

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External links

Hallstein Rasmussen at the Norwegian Centre for Research Data
1925 births 2016 deaths People from Fræna University of Oslo alumni Norwegian trade unionists Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub