Odd Strand

Odd Strand (21 August 1925 - 18 May 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Aure, but grew up in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of Milorg. He later studied at the University of Oslo, graduating as cand.philol. and later magister in political science in 1953.

He started a career in government ministries and agencies, and was appointed director of the Norwegian Central Information Service upon its creation in 1965. He remained director until 1993, when he reached the age limit. He was succeeded by Arne Simonsen.^[1] Statens Informasjonstjeneste no longer exists, as it was merged into Statskonsult in 2001.^[2]

References

• Simonsen, Arne (22 May 2008). "Odd Strand til minne (obituary)" (in Norwegian). Budstikka. 

1. ^ Norwegian News Agency (8 June 1993). "Arne Simonsen ny direktør i Statens Informasjonstjeneste" (in Norwegian). 
2. ^ Statens Informasjonstjeneste on Caplex Encyclopedia

Preceded by position created

Director of the Norwegian Central Information Service 1965–1993

Succeeded by Arne Simonsen

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Name	Strand, Odd
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Date of birth	21 August 1925
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Date of death	18 May 2008
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