Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset (born 25 March 1946) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the
Centre Party.
He took an agricultural education, graduating from the
Norwegian College of Agriculture with the
cand.agric. degree in 1973. Before enrolling at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, he was a secretary for the
Centre Party in
Nord-Trøndelag
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. After three years as a consultant in the
Ministry of Agriculture from 1973 to 1976, Nordset was appointed as a county agronomist in Nord‑Trøndelag. Then, after a period from 1983 to 1986 as
State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, he was promoted to chief county agronomist. He remained in this post until 1991, when he served for two years as acting
County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag. He was then the Assisting County Governor from 1994 to 2002 and 2003 to 2008. In 2008 he started his second period as acting County Governor, as Inger Lise Gjørv retired. He was succeeded by
Inge Ryan
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in 2009.
Nordset is also the
chair
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of the
National Veterinary Institute.
References
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1946 births
Living people
County governors of Norway
Norwegian state secretaries
Centre Party (Norway) politicians
Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag
Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni
People from Verdal