Kjell Knudsen (23 March 1931 – 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see form ...

. He spent his working career from 1948 to 1973 in the

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, before embarking on a political career at the national level. From 1973 to 1977, during

Bratteli's Second Cabinet Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 16 October 1973 and 15 January 1976. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, a p ...

and Nordli's Cabinet, Knudsen was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. He subsequently worked in the secretariat of the

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from 1977 to 1979. He was the director of the National Insurance Administration from 1979 to 1991 before returning to the Ministry of Social Affairs as head of reporting. Knudsen had moved to

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

where he became deputy mayor. He was elected as a deputy representative to the

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from

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

during the term 1965–1969, albeit without being present in parliamentary session. He served as county mayor of

from 1969 to 1975. Among others, he oversaw the creation of

Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk AS or SL was the public transport administration for bus and ferry transport in Akershus, Norway from 1973 to 2007. SL was organised as a aksjeselskap, limited company owned by the Akershus county municipality, the Oslo, Ci ...

. Knudsen, who received honorary membership in the Labour Party, died in late 2022 at the age of 91.

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1931 births 2022 deaths People from Jevnaker People from Asker Akershus politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub