Olav Bruvik (22 November 1913 – 30 December 1962) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1961 until his death. He was born in

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as a son of Johannes Martin Bruvik (1876–1937) and Martha Koppen (1880–1919). He worked as a blacksmith from 1930 to 1935, then after three years of education in Arna and

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, he worked in the textile industry. He was a member of the Norwegian World War II resistance, and was decorated with the

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. In 1945 he became the leader of his local chapter of the Labour Party, and deputy leader of his trade union ''Norsk Tekstilarbeiderforbund''. The trade union would become a part of ''Bekledningsarbeiderforbundet'' in 1969 and the

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in 1988. He chaired his trade union from 1949 to 1962, and was a member of the secretariat of the

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from 1953 to 1961. From 1959 to 1961 he was a deputy member of the Labour Party's central committee. From 18 February 1961 to his death he was a member of

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, as Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs.

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1913 births 1962 deaths Government ministers of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Hordaland politicians Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian resistance members {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub