Background
GODAL, Bjorn Tore was born on January 20, 1945 in Skien, Norway. Parents: Aksel Godai and Kari Godai (née Pettersen).
Minister of Trade and Shipping
GODAL, Bjorn Tore was born on January 20, 1945 in Skien, Norway. Parents: Aksel Godai and Kari Godai (née Pettersen).
Graduate, Holly Royde College, University Manchester, United Kingdom, 1965. Candidate in Sociology, Political Science and History, University Oslo, 1969.
Chairman Norwegian Labor League of Youth, Oslo, 1971-1973. Secretary-general National Committee for International Youth Work, 1973. Policy research officer Norwegian Labor Party, 1973-1980.
Secretary, chairman Oslo Labor Party, 1980-1990. Deputy representative Storting, Oslo, 1986-1989, Member of Parliament, 1989-2001. Minister trade and shipping Government of Norway, 1991-1994, minister foreign affairs, 1994-1997, labor defence spokesman, 1997-2000, minister defense, 2000—2001.
Member Governmental Committee to Evaluate Political Activities in Military Service, 1970-1972. Member advisory board Study of Distribution of Power in Norway, 1972-1980. Member central executive committee Norwegian Labor Party, Oslo, 1983-1990.
Member Parliamentary Committee on Finance Affairs, Oslo, 1986-1989. Member, chairman Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Oslo, 1989-1991, chairman, 1990-1991.
Lutheran.
President Council European National Youth Committees, 1973-1975.
Married Sissel Rönbeck, 1971 (divorced 1982). 1 child, Anne Marit; married Gro Balás, November 18, 1988.