Bjorn Skau

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Bjørn Skau (born February 26, 1929 in Brogge , Horten municipality , Vestfold , † March 2, 2013 in Fredrikstad ) was a Norwegian politician of the Arbeiderpartiet ( Det norske Arbeiderparti ).

Life

Skau was born the son of Johan Fredrik Skau (1887–1975) and the housewife Marie Ingeborg Halvorsen (1890–1966) in the small village of Brogge in the province of Vestfold. His sister Annie Skau Berntsen (1911–1992) later became a missionary in the Republic of China and Hong Kong . His brother Leif Skau was chairman of the Norwegian trade union Jorg og Metall from 1970 to 1976 . Skau's parents were, like himself later, active in the national labor movement. Skau himself was mentally deeply rooted in the labor movement.

Skau began his career in 1945 as a journalist . He completed a journalism training from 1946 to 1948 and worked in his profession as a journalist until 1957. He worked for the Arbeiderpartiet newspaper Nybrott in Larvik .

Politically, he was initially active in local politics; from 1951 to 1955 and from 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the Larvik City Council ( Larvik kommunestyre ). Politically, he has been involved in the Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF), the youth organization of the Arbeiderpartiet , the social democratic party of Norway , since the early 1950s . From 1952 to 1958 he was a member of the federal executive committee and deputy chairman of the AUF.

In 1957 he briefly took up studies and in the same year became a consultant ( consultant ) at Statens Edruskapsråd , the state alcohol commission; he stayed there until 1959. In 1959, under the government of Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen , he was secretary ( Politisk sekretær ) in the Arbeids- og sosialdepartementet (ASD), the Norwegian Ministry of Labor , Health , Social Policy and Immigration . From 1961 to 1965 he was then State Secretary ( Statssekretær ) in the Sosialdepartementet . In August / September 1963 he briefly lost his post as State Secretary under the government of John Lyng , but became State Secretary again when Gerhardsen took over again in September 1963.

After his ministerial work, Skau was again active in local politics and in public administration. From 1967 to 1975 he was chief town director ( Rådmann ) in Skjeberg , Østfold province .

From 1975 to 1977 he was then section head in the cultural department of the Nordic Council of Ministers ( Nordisk Ministerråd ). From 1978 to 1986 he was in the district administration of the province ( Fylke ) Buskerud head of the health authority ( Fylkeshelsesjef Buskerud fylkeskommune ) with administrative headquarters in Drammen .

During this time Skau returned to national Norwegian politics for a brief interlude. From February 1981 to October 1981 he was briefly Minister of Justice and Minister of Police in the First Cabinet of Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland .

From 1988 to 1993 he was director ( Direktør) of the provincial hospital in Buskerud ( Buskerud Sentralsykehus ).

Skau was from 1981 to 1984 chairman of the Buskerud Arbeiderparti , the provincial organization of the social democratic Arbeiderpartiet. From 1981 to 1985 he was a member of the National Board of DNA ( Det norske Arbeiderparti ).

Skau had been married to his wife Iris since the early 1950s. His son Per Skau (* 1961) is also a politician and was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 1997 . Skau was a supporter of the abstinence movement . From 1991 to 1997 he headed the Norwegian section of the Good Templars ( Organization of Good Templars ).

Skau died at the age of 84 in a nursing home in Fredrikstad.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tidligere Minister of Justice Bjørn Skau er død obituary (norweg.) Of March 2, 2013
  2. ↑ Bare 30 år Mental Helse from December 8, 2008


personal data
SURNAME Skau, Bjørn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Brogge
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2013
Place of death Fredrikstad