Harald Johan Løbak (2 June 1904 – 6 February 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Trysil Municipality Trysil is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inn ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions. He was the

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

from May 1956 to April 1960 during the third cabinet Gerhardsen. During the period, he was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by Haldis Tjernsberg. On the local level, he was a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

from 1928 to 1955, serving as mayor from 1937 except for the period 1940–1945 during the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

. He chaired the county party chapter from 1952 to 1968.

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1904 births 1985 deaths Ministers of agriculture and food of Norway Mayors of places in Hedmark Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Trysil Members of the Storting 1945–1949 Members of the Storting 1950–1953 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 Members of the Storting 1958–1961 Members of the Storting 1961–1965 Members of the Storting 1965–1969 Members of the Storting 1969–1973 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub