Bjørn Skau
Bjørn Skau | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 4 February 1981 – 14 October 1981 | |
Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
Preceded by | Oddvar Berrefjord |
Succeeded by | Mona Røkke |
State Secretary for the Ministry of Social Affairs | |
In office 27 September 1963 – 12 October 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
Minister | Olav Gjærevoll |
In office 15 December 1961 – 28 August 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
Minister | Olav Bruvik Olav Gjærevoll |
Personal details | |
Born | Horten, Vestfold, Norway | 26 February 1929
Died | 2 March 2013 Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway | (aged 84)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Iris Skau |
Children | Per Skau |
Bjørn Skau (26 February 1929 – 2 March 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party.[1]
Skau was born in
Minister of Justice and the Police
.
On the local level he was a member of Larvik municipality council from 1951 to 1957 and of the executive committee of Drammen city council from 1983 to 1987. He chaired the party chapter in Buskerud county from 1981 to 1986.
Skau also headed the health administration in Buskerud from 1978 to 1986, and then became director of Buskerud sentralsykehus, a post he held until 1993. A member of the temperance movement, he led the Norwegian branch of the International Organisation of Good Templars from 1991 to 1997.
Bjørn Skau died in Fredrikstad on 2 March 2013, at the age of 84. His sister was the acclaimed Norwegian missionary Annie Skau Berntsen.
References
- Norsk Telegrambyrå (2 March 2013). "Tidligere justisminister Bjørn Skau er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet: Personlig sekretær/personlig rådgiver/politisk rådgiver 1946- (Regjeringen.no)
- "Bjørn Skau" (in Norwegian). Storting.