Jakob Modalsli (1 April 1911 – 31 January 1984) was a Norwegian

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. He was born in

Strømm Strømm is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Drammen Municipality in Buskerud county. The administrative centre was the town of Svelvik ( ...

, and graduated from the

Norwegian College of Agriculture The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located in Akershus county and has around 7,700 students. History The institution was established in 1859 as the Higher Agricultural Coll ...

in 1936. In 1947, he was hired as secretary general of the Norwegian Agrarian Association; in 1949 he became director of the ''Direktoratet for eksport- og importregulering''. From 1952 to 1960 and 1962 to 1966 he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the

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. From 1966 to 1981 he was the County Governor of Østfold. From 1973 to 1977 he was the

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of the

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References

1911 births 1984 deaths People from Svelvik Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Directors of government agencies of Norway County governors of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub