Ola Skjølaas (18 September 1941 – 7 July 2006) was a Norwegian veterinarian, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

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. A veterinarian by education, he took his doctoral degree in

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in 1969. He was district veterinarian in

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from 1970 to 1977 and then in

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. He was a personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the

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from 1978 to 1979, and State Secretary from 1979 to 1981 and 1986 to 1987. He was hired in the County Governor's Office of Hedmark in 1982 as director of environmental protection. He was assisting County Governor from 1990 to 1997. He was Acting County Governor in 1996, after

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's death the same year. From 1997 to 2004 Skjølaas served as county veterinarian in Hedmark and Oppland. He was a freemason, and lived in

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. He died in July 2006.

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1941 births 2006 deaths People from Søndre Land Norwegian veterinarians Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub