Rasmus Mathias Nordbø (5 February 1915 23 February 1983) was a

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administrator and government minister. He served as state secretary to the

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in the second cabinet of

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(1948-1951), and later himself as Minister of Agriculture in the

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(1951-1955). Later Nordbø was County Minister of Agriculture for

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from 1955 to 1964, when he was given the same post for the county of

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. He also served as a member of the municipal council of

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References

1915 births 1983 deaths Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub