Oddvar Berrefjord

Oddvar Berrefjord (born 20 March 1918 in Vardø, died 25 November 1999) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.

Oddvar Berrefjord
Minister of Justice
In office 3 October 1980 – 4 February 1981
Prime Minister	Odvar Nordli
Preceded by	Andreas Cappelen
Succeeded by	Bjørn Skau
In office 17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972
Prime Minister	Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by	Egil Endresen
Succeeded by	Petter Mørch Koren
Governor of Telemark
In office 30 September 1976 – 1 October 1987
Prime Minister	Odvar Nordli Gro Harlem Brundtland Kåre Willoch
Preceded by	Olav Haukvik
Succeeded by	Kjell Bohlin
County Mayor of Telemark
In office 1 January 1968 – 17 March 1971
Preceded by	Arne Midgaard
Succeeded by	Sigurd Kolltviet
Personal details
Born	(1918-03-20)20 March 1918 Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
Died	25 November 1999(1999-11-25) (aged 81) Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political party	Labour

He was Minister of Justice and the Police from 1971 to 1972 in the first cabinet Bratteli, and from 1980 to 1981 in the cabinet Nordli. As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark during the terms 1965–1969 and 1969–1973.

On the local level he was a member of Skien city council from 1945 to 1959 and 1963 to 1971, serving the last four years as deputy mayor. He was also county mayor of Telemark county from 1967 to 1971. He chaired the county party chapter from 1963 to 1968, and was a member of the national party board from 1963 to 1979. He was County Governor of Telemark from 1976 to 1987.

Outside politics Berrefjord was a jurist. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1941, and participated as a judge in the Legal purge in Norway after World War II. He later worked as a district attorney in Telemark and as a presiding judge.

References

• "Oddvar Berrefjord" (in Norwegian). Storting.