Odd Strand (21 August 1925 – 18 May 2008) was a

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. He was born in

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, but grew up in

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. During the

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he was a member of

Milorg Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of ...

. He later studied at the

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, graduating as cand.philol. and later

magister Magister is Latin for "master" or "teacher". It may refer to: Positions and titles * Magister degree, an academic degree * Magister equitum, or Master of the Horse * Magister militum, a master of the soldiers * Magister officiorum (''master of o ...

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in 1953. He started a career in government

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and agencies, and was appointed director of the Norwegian Central Information Service upon its creation in 1965. He remained director until 1993, when he reached the age limit. He was succeeded by

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. Statens Informasjonstjeneste no longer exists, as it was merged into

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in 2001.Statens Informasjonstjeneste
on Caplex Encyclopedia

References

* 1925 births 2008 deaths Directors of government agencies of Norway People from Aure, Norway People from Trondheim Norwegian resistance members University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-gov-bio-stub