Erik Brofoss (21 June 1908 – 7 May 1979) was a

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economist and politician for the Labour Party. Brofoss was born in

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

. In his younger days he was an athlete who competed national level in the

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. He represented

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, and won a silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 1928. His career best time in 100 m was 10.8 seconds, achieved in August 1931 in Kongsberg. He had 6.96 metres in the

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, achieved in July 1928 at

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. He became

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in 1945 and stayed in this position until 1947. He then helped found the Ministry of Trade and Shipping and headed it from 1947 to 1954. He was later a director of the Executive Board of the

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from 1970 to 1973.

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1908 births 1979 deaths Ministers of Finance of Norway Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Governors of the Central Bank of Norway Norwegian male sprinters Kongsberg IF 20th-century Norwegian economists People from Kongsberg {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub