Knut Vartdal

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Knut Vartdal (born 1 October 1940) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party.

The Centre Party is an agrarian centrist political party in Norway. Founded in 1920 as a Nordic agrarian party, the Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.

He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries in 1968 when the cabinet Borten held office. He lost this job when the cabinet fell in 1971, but returned from 1972 to 1973, during the cabinet Korvald. He served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal during the term 1973–1977.^[1]

In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister. Resembling a de facto vice minister, the State Secretary, however, cannot attend a Council of State, and does not act as a temporary Minister in case of illness or other leave of absence.

The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen plurinominal constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a stortingsrepresentant, literally "Storting representative".

Møre og RomsdalUrban East Norwegian: [²møːrə ɔ ˈrʊmsdɑːl](listen) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Oppland, and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality which includes an elected county council and a county mayor. The national government is represented by the county governor.

From 1973 to 1978, he led the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries.^[2]

The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries is Norwegian government agency On 1 January 2014 it was incorporated into the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries formerly under the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.

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References

↑ "Knut Vartdal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
↑ Hallenstvedt, Abraham (2007). "Fiskeridirektoratet". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

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Preceded by Klaus Sunnanå	Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries 1973–1978	Succeeded by Hallstein Rasmussen

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[bio-1] "Knut Vartdal" (in Norwegian). Storting.

[2] Hallenstvedt, Abraham (2007). "Fiskeridirektoratet". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 April 2009.