Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a

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politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997. As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on her own heis not a traffic hazard. It depends where she is."''Daily Telegraph'', 'Quotes of the Year', 29 December 1993

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1936 births 2017 deaths Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of Transport and Communications of Norway Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Førde {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub