Ingvald Johan Ulveseth (born 25 August 1924 in

Fjell Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern p ...

, died 14 March 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. In 1964, during the

third cabinet Gerhardsen Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was the cabinet of Norway from 22 January 1955 to 28 August 1963. The government was led by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen, marking his third term in said role. The cabinet was defeated in a motion of no-confidence in 1 ...

, he was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1961–1965. During the

second cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the No ...

from 1973 to 1976, Ulveseth was appointed Minister of Industry. On the local level he was a member of

municipality council from 1955 to 1967, serving as mayor from 1958 to 1965. From 1958 to 1965 he was also a member of Hordaland county council. His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane, which he held from 1976 to 1994. An engineer by profession, Ulveseth graduated from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

in 1949.

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1924 births 2008 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Government ministers of Norway Norwegian state secretaries Mayors of places in Hordaland County governors of Norway Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub