Bjarne M. Robberstad, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Bjarne M. Robberstad
- Bjarne Martin Robberstad (16 May 1912 – 3 January 1977) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Herdla as a son of bailiff Magnus Robberstad (1867–1954) and Lydia Friis (1873–1939).
- He was a brother of Henrik and Knut Robberstad.
- In 1941 he married dentist Anna Tveit.He finished his secondary education in 1933 and graduated with the cand.jur.
- degree in 1937.
- He worked in LĂĄnekassen for jordbrukere and the Ministry of Church Affairs and Education before being hired as secretary in the Ministry of Provisioning in 1939.
- In 1946 he went on to Provianterings- og rasjoneringsdirektoratet as director, became deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture in 1954 and permanent under-secretary of state from 1959 to 1977.From 1956 to 1960 he was a member of Oslo city council, for the Liberal Party, and a board member of Oslo Kinematografer.
- He was a board member of the Directorate of State Forests from 1957 to 1966 and of Nes Trælastbrug.
- He also chaired Det Norske Teatret from 1948 to his death in 1977, and the Association of Norwegian Theatres from 1965 to 1969.
- He then chaired the supervisory council of the latter.He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St.
- Olav (1969), of the Order of the Dannebrog and the Order of the White Rose of Finland, and a Grand Knight of the Order of the Falcon.
- He died in January 1977.
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