Oddmund Håvard Hammerstad (born 15 August 1942), is a Norwegian military officer, businessperson and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He was born in

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

. He finished his secondary education in 1961, attended the

compulsory military service Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

, took officer education at

Heistadmoen Heistadmoen is a Norwegian military encampment in Kongsberg, in Viken county, Norway. Heistadmoen currently provides able quarters for the Telemark and Buskerud Home Guard District (''Telemark og Buskerud Heimevernsdistrikt''). The camp is large a ...

and then the

Norwegian Military Academy The Norwegian Military Academy (), in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army and serves as the King's Royal Guard. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway. History The Commander- ...

from 1963 to 1966. He was the best student in his class. From 1968 to 1973 he studied political science at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. He was an aide-de-camp in Brig. N. from 1966 to 1968, in His Majesty The King's Guard from 1968 to 1971, then worked in Industrivernet and Federation of Norwegian Industries from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1979 he worked as a secretary for the Conservative Party, and from 1979 to 1981 as director of ''Handelens Servicekontor''. Hammerstad had been involved in politics as central board member of the

Norwegian Young Conservatives Norwegian Young Conservatives (Norwegian: Unge Høyres Landsforbund, UHL, normally referred to as Unge Høyre) is the Norwegian youth party of the Conservative Party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism is a political ...

from 1970 to 1972. From 1981 to 1986, during Willoch's First and Second Cabinet, he was a State Secretary in the

Norwegian Ministry of Defence The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence ( no, Det kgl. Forsvarsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of the formation and implementation of national security and defence policy, and for the overall management and control of th ...

. From 1987 to 1992 Hammerstad chaired the

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Oslo during the term 1989–1993, and from 1989 to 1990 he met as a regular representative, covering for

Jan P. Syse (25 November 1930 – 17 September 1997) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the 31st Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. Syse was the pr ...

who was Prime Minister. From 1991 to 1992 Hammerstad led the commission that delivered NOU 1992:31. Hammerstad was the director of Rikshospitalet from 1987 to 1990, and board member of ''Medisinsk Innovasjon'' and chairman of ''Rikshospitalets Apotek'' during the same period. From 1993 to 2000 he was the municipal director of business in Oslo. He has later been CEO of PolyDisplay from 2000 to 2004, adviser in Oslo municipality from 2004 to 2007 and CEO of Fjord International from 2007. He was the deputy chairman of the Norwegian Defence and Security Industries Association from 2005 to 2007 and has written books on defence and intelligence. He was decorated with the Ordre national du Mérite in 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammerstad, Oddmund 1942 births Living people Norwegian Military Academy alumni Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian businesspeople Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Members of the Storting Politicians from Oslo Recipients of the Ordre national du Mérite People from Sarpsborg 20th-century Norwegian politicians