Robert Fredrik Nordén (27 September 1926 – 29 July 1998) was a

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and

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for the Labour Party. He was the director of the

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from 1978 to 1988. He was born in

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, and was a

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by education. He was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications on 15 August 1960 as a part of the

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. On 6 January 1961 he left office and was hired as deputy under-secretary of state, an administrative position in the department. In 1969 he was appointed director in the

, and in 1978 he became director-general. He left in 1987, and

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became acting director-general. Nordén worked as an advisor in the

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from 1988 to 1992.

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1926 births 1998 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people 20th-century Norwegian economists {{norway-politician-1920s-stub