Finn T. Isaksen

Finn Trond Isaksen (born April 26, 1924 in Frogn , Fylke Akershus ; † September 29, 1987 ) was a Norwegian Senterpartiet politician who was Minister of Agriculture in the government of Prime Minister Kåre Willoch between 1983 and 1985 .

Life

Isaksen, son of the farmer Torgeir Isaksen and his wife Anne Cesilie Strekerud, began training at the agricultural school in Sem in 1944 after attending elementary and middle school in Drøbak and graduating from Ski Gymnasium . A subsequent study of agricultural sciences at the Norwegian School of Agriculture (Norges landbrukshøgskole) he completed in 1950 as an agronomist.

After graduating from 1951 to 1952, he was a research fellow at the Agricultural Economic Institute NLI (Norges landbruksøkonomiske institutt) for a year and then from 1953 to 1960 first a consultant and later director of the Society for Environmental Protection, before he was executive director of Norwegian meat between 1960 and 1987 - and Speckzentrale (Norges Kjøtt- og Fleskesentral) was. For his services he was awarded the Royal Medal of Merit in Gold in 1959 and the Medal of Merit of the Royal Society for Environmental Protection in 1960.

In addition, he assumed several functions in the private sector and was from 1968 to 1974 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of at Norsk Hydro owned aluminum plant in Årdal and Sunndal (A / S Årdal og Sunndal Verk) and also 1968-1981 chairman of the Control and then between 1974 and 1981 chairman of the company meetings of A / S Årdal og Sunndal Verk. During this time he was also chairman of the school board between 1968 and 1971.

In the legislative period 1977/81 he was Vararepresentant for the Storting in Fylke Akershus .

In addition, he was active between 1963 and 1983 as chairman of the directorate of the Oslo steam kitchens (Christiania Dampkjøkken) and was also chairman of the board of the Oslo folk restaurants from 1971 to 1981 and chairman of the meat group in the International Federation of Agricultural Producers between 1979 and 1982. Isaken also acted as chairman of the board of directors of the agricultural publishing house (Landbruksforlaget) between 1981 and 1983 and also as chairman of the board of directors of Bøndernes Bank in 1982 , of which he was vice-chairman between 1975 and 1982.

On June 8, 1983, Isaksen was appointed Minister President Kåre Willoch's cabinet reshuffle to succeed Johan Christen Løken as Minister of Agriculture (Landbruksminister) in his cabinet and held this position until he was replaced by his party friend Svein Sundsbø as part of a new cabinet reshuffle on October 4th 1985.

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