Kjell Opseth | |
Office: | Minister of Local Government |
Term Start: | 25 October 1996 |
Term End: | 17 October 1997 |
Primeminister: | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Predecessor: | Gunnar Berge |
Successor: | Ragnhild Haarstad |
Office2: | Minister of Transport and Communications |
Term Start2: | 3 November 1990 |
Term End2: | 25 October 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Lars Gunnar Lie |
Successor2: | Sissel Rønbeck |
Office3: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start3: | 1 October 1981 |
Term End3: | 30 September 2001 |
Birth Name: | Kjell Olav Opseth |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1936 |
Birth Place: | Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
Death Place: | Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
Spouse: | Hjørdis Årberg [1] |
Party: | Labour |
Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997.[2] As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on her own [she] is not a traffic hazard. It depends where she is."[3]