Olav Berntsen Oksvik (7 May 1887 – 16 September 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1928 until 1952 and then as the County Governor of Møre og Romsdal county from 1952 until his death in 1958.[1][2]

Olav Berntsen Olsvik
Governor of Møre og Romsdal
In office
1952–1958
Preceded byTrygve Utheim
Succeeded byErling Anger
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1928 – 31 December 1953
ConstituencyMøre og Romsdal
Vice President of the Odelsting
In office
10 December 1945 – 12 January 1953
PresidentC. J. Hambro
Succeeded byPeder Leier Jacobsen
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office
6 December 1947 – 6 March 1948
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byKristian Fjeld
Succeeded byKristian Fjeld
Personal details
Born(1887-05-07)7 May 1887
Stranda, Norway
Died16 September 1958(1958-09-16) (aged 71)
Oslo, Norway
CitizenshipNorway
Parents
  • Bernt Olsen Oksvik (father)
  • Ingeborg Fixdal (mother)
ProfessionPolitician

In 1928 he helped launch the newspaper Romsdal Folkeblad.[3] In January 1941 he was ordered by Nasjonal Samling to become mayor of the municipality of Bolsøy, which he categorically refused.[4] He temporarily served as the acting Minister of Agriculture from 1947 to 1948 in place of Kristian Fjeld.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Olav Oksvik" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ Norderval, Ingunn, ed. (2009-02-13). "Olav Oksvik". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  3. ^ Norderval, Ingunn. 1989. Olav Oksvik: medmenneske og politiker. Oslo: Tiden, p. 31.
  4. ^ Pryser, Tore (1988). Klassen og nasjonen 1935-1946. Volume four of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 325. ISBN 82-10-02754-9.
Government offices
Preceded by County Governor of Møre og Romsdal
1952–1958
Succeeded by
Preceded by Acting Minister of Agriculture
6 Dec 1947–6 Mar 1948
Succeeded by