Paul Øistein Engstad (13 October 1926 – 13 May 2012) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Sauda Sauda ''()'' is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sauda, where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal. Despite being ...

. He was a journalist in the Labour-aligned newspaper ''

Arbeiderbladet ''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...

'', and held several positions in the Labour Party as organizational secretary and information director in the parliamentary group. From 1976 to 1980 he was a part of

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as State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister. He was known as one of the closest allies of party secretary

Haakon Lie Haakon Steen Lie (22 September 1905 – 25 May 2009) was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the labour movement at an early ag ...

, and was accused of being instrumental in the political surveillance of socialists and communists in Norway during the Cold War, however, he strenuously denied this and nothing was proven. From 1980 to 1983, Engstad was a press and cultural counsellor at the Norwegian embassy in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He issued a travel handbook on Israel in 1990.List of publications
in BIBSYS He chaired the friendship association Friends of Israel in the Norwegian Labour Movement ( no, Venner av Israel i Norsk Arbeiderbevegelse). After serving at the embassy in Israel, he was the secretary-general in the association

Folk og Forsvar Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fol ...

, which promotes the public understanding of military affairs, until his retirement in 1992. He also edited their magazine ''Folk og Forsvar'', and continued to do so for some time after retiring. He also wrote several books, such as the 50-year history of

Framfylkingen Framfylkingen is the children's and families' organisation of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen (LO)), the activities of which include popular education and socialist education. Earlier it was closely associated ...

in 1984 and the 100-year history of the

Norwegian Officers' Union The Norwegian Union of Military Officers ( no, Norges Offisersforbund) is a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was founded in 1896, and eventually got the name ''Norges Befalslag''. In 1 ...

in 1996. He also wrote two books about

Trygve Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the 26th prime minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1973 to 1976. He was president of the No ...

, in 1984 (together with

Guttorm Hansen Guttorm Hansen (3 November 1920 – 2 April 2009) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He started his career as a mechanic, but after 1945 he was a journalist and editor of magazines and newspapers. Via local politics in hi ...

) and 1987, and issued a collection of Bratteli's speeches in 1985. Engstad died in 2012.

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1926 births 2012 deaths People from Sauda Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian anti-communists Norwegian journalists Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian expatriates in Israel {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub