Kjell Knudsen (23 March 1931 – 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see forman ...

. He spent his working career from 1948 to 1973 in the

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, before embarking on a political career at the national level. From 1973 to 1977, during

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and

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, Knudsen was appointed State Secretary in the

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. He subsequently worked in the secretariat of the

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from 1977 to 1979. He was the director of the National Insurance Administration from 1979 to 1991 before returning to the Ministry of Social Affairs as head of reporting. Knudsen had moved to

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where he became deputy mayor. He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the term 1965–1969, albeit without being present in parliamentary session. He served as county mayor of Akershus from 1969 to 1975. Among others, he oversaw the creation of Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk. Knudsen, who received honorary membership in the Labour Party, died in late 2022 at the age of 91.

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1931 births 2022 deaths People from Jevnaker People from Asker Akershus politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Norwegian civil servants Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub