Fredrik Jostein Løfsgaard (21 September 1923 – 27 May 2011) was a Norwegian academic executive. He was born in

Flisa Flisa is the administrative centre of Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies at the confluence of the rivers Flisa and Glomma. The Norwegian National Road 2 and the Solørbanen railway line both pass through the vill ...

as a son of Kari and

Arne Løfsgaard Arne Adolf Lofsgaard (21 October 1887 – 26 February 1974) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party. He was born at Lofsgaard in Åsnes as a son of farmer and forest owner Gunnar Lofsgaard (1854–1923) and Anne Berger (18 ...

. He finished his secondary education in 1944 and graduated from university with the

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degree in 1949. He was a secretary at 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 ...

and ''Norges Tannlegehøgskole'' before being hired as faculty secretary at 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 ...

. He advanced via the positions of questor (financial executive) and secretary to being assistant university director from 1969. From 1987 to 1988 he served as university director. He was then a special adviser until his retirement in 1993. He was a board member of the

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from 1980 to 1987, and also of the University of Oslo International Summer School and Regneanlegget Blindern-Kjeller. He has been involved in the crediting of university degrees in the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

and the

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. He resided in

Bekkestua Bekkestua is a town in the Municipalities of Norway, municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a Bekkestua (station), station on one of Oslo's westbound Oslo T-bane, T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, police ...

. He died in May 2011.

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1923 births 2011 deaths People from Åsnes People from Bærum Norwegian civil servants {{Norway-academic-bio-stub