Hallstein Rasmussen (22 April 1925 – 28 February 2016) was a Norwegian civil servant. Rasmussen was born in

Fræna Municipality Fræna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1840 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Hustadvika Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The municipality was ...

, and graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in 1952. He was first hired at the

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries () is a 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. Established ...

in 1953, where he worked as secretary for the director Klaus Sunnanå. From 1958 to 1968 he served as secretary general for the trade union . From 1968 he was assigned assisting director in the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, and was appointed head of the

from 1978 to 1988. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1995

References

External links

Hallstein Rasmussen at the Norwegian Centre for Research Data
1925 births 2016 deaths People from Fræna University of Oslo alumni Norwegian trade unionists Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub