Viking Mestad (12 January 1930 – 15 December 2013) was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Liberal Party. He took the

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degree in 1955, and was hired in the

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in 1962. In 1986 he was promoted from the position as head of the administration department to become director of the secretariat of the board (''Hovedstyresekretariatet''). He remained in the Bank of Norway until his retirement in 1995. In 2002 he issued the study ''Frå fot til feste - norsk valutarett og valutapolitikk 1873-2001''. From 1972 to 1973 he served as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs as a part of Korvald's Cabinet. He was also a member of

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city council in the early 1970s. Mestad was a proponent of the

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written form of Norwegian. From 1977 to 1997 he was the

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of the theatre

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. He was succeeded by

Berge Furre Berge Ragnar Furre (13 April 193711 January 2016) was a Norwegian historian, theologian and politician for the Socialist Left Party. Early life and career Furre was born in Sjernarøy in 1937, the son of engineer Berge Bergesen Furre (1887– ...

. Two months after retiring, Mestad was proclaimed an honorary member of the employers' association Association of Norwegian Theatres and Orchestras. At the same time he also received the

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. He is the father of actor

Henrik Mestad Henrik Mestad (born 22 June 1964) is a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He received the Hedda Award in 2011. Mestad was born in Oslo as a son of the politician Viking Mestad. He is educated at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and was h ...

and Viking Mestad died in December 2013.

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1930 births 2013 deaths Norwegian bankers Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Politicians from Oslo {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub