Nils Lysø Explained

Nils Lysø
Office:County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag
Term Start:1963
Term End:1974
Predecessor:Thor Skrindo
Successor:Einar Moxnes
Office2:Minister of Fisheries
Term Start2:22 January 1955
Term End2:28 August 1963
Primeminister2:Einar Gerhardsen
Predecessor2:Peder Holt
Office3:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start3:1 January 1958
Term End3:30 September 1965
Constituency3:Sør-Trøndelag
Birth Name:Nils Kristian Lysø
Birth Date:3 September 1905
Birth Place:Jøssund, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Party:Labour

Nils Kristian Lysø (born 3 September 1905 in Jøssund, died 7 July 1977) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1958, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the terms 1950 - 1953 and 1954 - 1957.

He was the Minister of Fisheries from 1955 to 1963 during the third cabinet Gerhardsen. During this period he was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by Jenny Lund.

On the local level he was a member of Jøssund municipality council from 1936 to 1954, serving as mayor from 1945 to 1953. From 1945 to 1955 he was also a member of Sør-Trøndelag county council. His political career ended with the position of County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag, which he held from 1963 to 1974.