Idar Olav Norstrand (14 February 1915, Bergen – 8 September 1986) was a Norwegian civil servant, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

Idar Norstrand
Minister of Pay and Prices
In office
20 January 1964 – 12 October 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byKarl Trasti
Succeeded byDagfinn Vårvik
Personal details
Born
Idar Olav Norstrand

(1915-02-14)14 February 1915
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Died8 September 1986(1986-09-08) (aged 71)
Political partyLabour

He worked as a mail carrier from 1934 to 1941, and later as personnel director in Norway Post from 1957 to 1982. From 1941 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway, he fled to Stockholm, Sweden and worked at the Norwegian legation there. From 1946 to 1951 he chaired the trade union Norwegian Union of Postmen.

From 1964 to 1965, during the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed Minister of Wages and Prices.

References edit

  • "Idar Norstrand" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Government offices
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Wages and Prices
1964–1965
Succeeded by
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Norwegian Union of Postmen
1946–1951
Succeeded by
Eilif O. Eriksen