Jakob Modalsli (1 April 1911 – 31 January 1984) was a

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. He was born in

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, and graduated from the

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in 1936. In 1947, he was hired as secretary general of the Norwegian Agrarian Association; in 1949 he became director of the ''Direktoratet for eksport- og importregulering''. From 1952 to 1960 and 1962 to 1966 he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the

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. From 1966 to 1981 he was the County Governor of Østfold. From 1973 to 1977 he was the

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of the

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1911 births 1984 deaths People from Svelvik Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Norwegian civil servants Directors of government agencies of Norway County governors of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub