Idar Olav Norstrand (14 February 1915,

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

– 8 September 1986) was a Norwegian civil servant, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He worked as a

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from 1934 to 1941, and later as personnel director in

Norway Post Posten Bring, formerly Posten Norge (), is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, had a monopoly until 2016 on the distribution of letters weighing less than throu ...

from 1957 to 1982. From 1941 to 1945, during the

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, he fled to

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and worked at the Norwegian legation there. From 1946 to 1951 he chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Postmen. From 1964 to 1965, during the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed Minister of Wages and Prices.

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* 1915 births 1986 deaths Government ministers of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub