Petter Jakob Bjerve

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Petter Jakob Bjerve
Director of Statistics Norway
In office
1949–1980
Preceded byArne Skaug
Succeeded byArne Øien
Minister of Finance
In office
23 April 1960 – 4 February 1963
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byTrygve Bratteli
Succeeded byAndreas Cappelen
Personal details
Born(1913-09-27)27 September 1913
Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Died12 January 2004(2004-01-12) (aged 90)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyLabour
SpouseRannveig Bremer

Petter Jakob Bjerve (27 September 1913 – 12 January 2004) was a

Labour Party. Prominent positions include director of Statistics Norway from 1949 to 1980, Norwegian Minister of Finance from 1960 to 1963, and president of the International Statistical Institute
from 1971 to 1975.

Career

He was born in Stjørdal as a son of farmers Petter Jakob Bjerve, Sr. (1869–1928) and Kristine Arnstad (1870–1961).[1] He married Rannveig Bremer, a daughter of Anders H. Bremer.[2]

Bjerve attended secondary school in

dr.philos. degree in 1962 while serving as Minister of Finance.[1][2]

He was a prolific writer throughout his career. He was president of the International Statistical Institute from 1971 to 1975, and honorary member from 1986. He was an honorary member of Statistiska Föreningen in Stockholm from 1951, the Finnish Statistical Society from 1960, the American Statistical Association from 1964 and the Royal Statistical Society from 1967.[1] In 1964 he was elected as a

Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[5]

He was a board member of

Norsk Regnesentral from 1958 to 1960, of Institutt for anvendt sosialvitenskapelig forskning from 1966 to 1981, of Statsøkonomisk Forening from 1950 to 1953, 1963 to 1967 and 1971 to 1974. He chaired Sosialistiske økonomers forening from 1965 to 1967 and the Chr. Michelsen Institute department of social sciences from 1982 to 1984.[1]

Bjerve was also an adviser for governments and banks of Zambia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Portugal, Italy and Zimbabwe, partly with a United Nations and International Labour Organization connection. He also held other positions within the United Nations and OECD systems.[1]

He was also a board member of Riksskattestyret from 1959 to 1963, Dag og Tid from 1965 to 1967 and Ja til EF 1972, and chairman of Livstrygdelaget Andvake from 1979 to 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Petter Jakob Bjerve" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ a b c Lie, Einar. "Petter Jakob Bjerve". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. ^ Lie, Einar (1995). Ambisjon og tradisjon. Finansdepartementet 1945–1965 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 64.
  4. ^ "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  5. ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.