Background
OKSNES, Oskar was born on April 11, 1921 in Kvam, Nord-Trondelag. Son of Egil and Borghild 0ksnes.
OKSNES, Oskar was born on April 11, 1921 in Kvam, Nord-Trondelag. Son of Egil and Borghild 0ksnes.
National Teachers’ Training School for Smallhold Farming, Agricultural University of Norway.
An agronomist by education, Øksnes was state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture from 1964 to 1965, during the Gerhardsen"s Fourth Cabinet. He later became the Minister of Agriculture in 1976–1981 in Nordli"s Cabinet and in 1981 in Brundtland"s First Cabinet.
Married Ragnhild Barkhald in 1950.