Magnus Kristoffer Andersen (20 March 1916 in

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– 11 December 1994) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1963 to 1965 and again from January to October 1972. He was also an MP for

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from 1965 to 1973. Andersen worked as a fisher until 1955, when he became chairman of Norges Fiskarlag (Union of Norwegian Fishers), where he had been a member of the board since 1951. He served as chairman of the organisation until 1963. This year Andersen became Minister of Fisheries in the

fourth cabinet Gerhardsen Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet governed Norway between 25 September 1963 and 12 October 1965. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from the La ...

(25 September 1963 - 12 October 1965). He served again in the same position in the

first cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. Bratteli governed his second cabinet between 1973 and 1976. On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle ...

from 24 January 1972, upon the resignation of

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, until the dissolution of the government on 18 October. After this he sat two periods in the

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for

. In the first period he was a member of the expanded Foreign Affairs and Constitutional Committee, and vice-chairman of the Shipping and Fishery Committee. In the second period he was vice-chairman of ''Fullmaktskomiteen'' (the Plenipotentiary Committee), in addition to serving on the same committees as in the last period. Andersen also served on a number of different boards of directors throughout a long political career. Amongst other things he was chairman of the board of the

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from 1974 to 1982. In local politics, he served one term in the executive committee of Bø municipality council from 1951 to 1955.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Magnus Kristoffer 1916 births 1994 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Nordland politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Andøy