Kjell Opseth

Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997.^[2] As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on her own [she] is not a traffic hazard. It depends where she is."^[3]

Kjell Opseth
Opseth in 2009.
Minister of Local Government
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Gunnar Berge
Succeeded by	Ragnhild Haarstad
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Lars Gunnar Lie
Succeeded by	Sissel Rønbeck
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Sogn og Fjordane
Personal details
Born	Kjell Olav Opseth (1936-01-02)2 January 1936 Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Died	3 December 2017(2017-12-03) (aged 81) Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Hjørdis Årberg (m. 1963)[1]

References

1. "Kjell Opseth" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
2. "Opseth, Kjell ( 1936- )" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
3. Daily Telegraph, 'Quotes of the Year', 29 December 1993

Political offices
Preceded by Gunnar Berge	Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1996–1997	Succeeded by Ragnhild Haarstad
Preceded by Lars Gunnar Lie	Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996	Succeeded by Sissel Rønbeck