Ulf Oscar Sand (22 May 1938 – 29 December 2014) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Bærum. He graduated as

cand.oecon. Candidatus oeconomices (male) or Candidata oeconomices (female), often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Education in Denmark, Danish, Háskóli Íslands, Icelandic and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities ...

from the University of Oslo in 1963. He worked as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance from 1964, and then in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1966 to 1971. From 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli, Sand was appointed state secretary in the

Ministry of Pay and Prices The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Pay and Prices ( no, Lønns- og prisdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1955 to 1972. It was established on 1 August 1955. It ceased to exist on 7 May 1972, its tasks were mainly transferred to ...

and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration. He lost his job when the first cabinet Bratteli fell in 1972, but from 1973 to 1977 he returned as state secretary as part of the

second cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the No ...

. As an elected politician he was a member of the executive committee of Bærum municipal council from 1967 to 1971. Sand returned to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions as chief economist from 1977 to 1983. He returned to national politics in 1979, when he was appointed Minister of Finance in the

cabinet Nordli Nordli's Cabinet governed Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote ...

. He retained his job when the cabinet Nordli was followed by the first cabinet Brundtland in 1981. However, this cabinet only lasted until October 1981, following the

1981 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 13 and 14 September 1981. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 66 of the 155 sea ...

. Sand continued his career as director of the

Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund ( no, Statens lånekasse for utdanning) is a government agency that allocates loans and grants to Norwegian and certain foreign students for their education. Lånekassen was established in 1947. Lånekass ...

from 1983 to 1986. From 1986 to his retirement in 2003 he was permanent under-secretary of State (''departementsråd'') in the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sand, Ulf 1938 births 2014 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of Finance of Norway Norwegian state secretaries Bærum politicians Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian civil servants University of Oslo alumni