Kjell Opseth
Kjell Opseth | |
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Opseth in 2009. | |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Berge |
| Succeeded by | Ragnhild Haarstad |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | |
| In office 3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Lars Gunnar Lie |
| Succeeded by | Sissel Rønbeck |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001 | |
| Constituency | Sogn og Fjordane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kjell Olav Opseth 2 January 1936 |
| Died | 3 December 2017 (aged 81) Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Hjørdis Årberg (m. 1963) |
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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. 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."