Helge Barstad (9 May 1928 – 22 September 2012) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

Vartdal Municipality Vartdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Ørsta Municipality in the Traditional distri ...

. He was mayor of

Førde Municipality Førde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was t ...

from 1979 to 1981. In 1981, when the

Willoch's First Cabinet Willoch's First Cabinet was a minority, Conservative Government of Norway. It succeeded Brundtland's First Cabinet (which was a Labour government), after the Conservative victory in the 1981 Storting election; and sat from 14 October 1981 to ...

assumed office, he was appointed state secretary in the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

. He held this position until 1983. Outside of politics, he was a land consolidation judge. He died in September 2012.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 25 September 2012 His daughter, Hilde Barstad, became a politician too.

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1928 births 2012 deaths People from Ørsta People from Førde Norwegian judges Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub