Ola Skjåk Bræk

Ola Skjåk Bræk
Ola Skjåk Bræk
Minister of Industry
	In office; 18 October 1972 – 16 October 1973
Prime Minister	Lars Korvald
Preceded by	Finn Lied
Succeeded by	Ingvald Ulveseth
Personal details
Born	4 February 1912; Eidsvoll, Norway
Died	26 December 1999 (aged 87); Trondheim, Norway
Citizenship	Norwegian
Political party	Candidate of Law
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Occupation	Banker
Known for	Banking, politics

Ola Skjåk Bræk (4 February 1912 in Eidsvoll – 26 December 1999 in Trondheim) was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Industry in 1972–1973.^[1]

Skjåk Bræk was born in Eidsvoll, the second child of the local banker Gudbrand Bræk and his wife Elisabeth Fischer. Gudbrand Bræk managed

cand.jur. degree in 1935. He married Ingeborg Wergeland, a noted peace activist. Among their children is Lise Skjåk Bræk, a fashion and costume designer. Ola Skjåk Bræk moved to Ålesund in 1950 to assume the presidency of Aalesund Nye Kreditbank, a savings and loan bank for the coastal region which eventually became merged into Sunnmørsbanken

. He worked in this area - with leave for his time in the cabinet - until 1979, when he retired and moved to Trondheim.

He served in the position of deputy representative to the

natural resources.^[1]

Ola Skjåk Bræk published his memoirs Hva brast så høyt? (

ISBN 82-90330-50-2

) in 1990, expressing several concerns about Norwegian economic policy.