Harald Johan Løbak

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Harald Johan Løbak (born 2 June 1904 in Trysil, died 6 February 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 1945, and was re-elected on six occasions.

He was the Minister of Agriculture from May 1956 to April 1960 during the third cabinet Gerhardsen. During the period he was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by Haldis Tjernsberg.

On the local level he was a member of Trysil municipality council from 1928 to 1955, serving as mayor from 1937 except for the period 1940–1945 during the German occupation of Norway. He chaired the county party chapter from 1952 to 1968.

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Preceded by
Olav Meisdalshagen
Norwegian Minister of Agriculture
1956–1960
Succeeded by
Einar Joachim Wøhni