Oskar Ingemann Øksnes (11 April 1921 – 27 March 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Kvam Municipality Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger set ...

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. An agronomist by education, Øksnes was state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture from 1964 to 1965, during the

Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet governed Norway between 25 September 1963 and 12 October 1965. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician who served ...

. He later became Minister of Agriculture in 1976, and served in the post until 1981 in Nordli's Cabinet and Brundtland's First Cabinet. He was decorated Knight, First Order of the

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in 1987.

References

* 1921 births 1999 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Ministers of agriculture and food of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub