Karl Trasti

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Karl Trasti (born 19 February 1917 in Vadsø, died 4 October 1976) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

During the third cabinet Gerhardsen he was appointed state secretary to the Minister of Finance in 1955, a post he held one year. He was later appointed Minister of Wages and Prices in 1962, and held that post to 1964 except for the month-long tenure of the cabinet Lyng in 1963. He then changed to the Ministry of Industry, but lost his job when the cabinet fell in 1965.

Having graduated as cand.jur. in 1942, he notably worked as a judge during the legal purge after World War II. He was a secretary and consultant in the Ministry of Finance from 1943 to 1953, and director of the Norwegian Customs bureau from 1957 to 1976, the year he died.

Trasti never held elected political office.

[edit] References

• Karl Trasti biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)

Preceded by Gunnar Bøe	Norwegian Minister of Wages and Prices 1962–1963	Succeeded by Ole Myrvoll
Preceded by Ole Myrvoll	Norwegian Minister of Wages and Prices 1963–1964	Succeeded by Idar Olav Norstrand
Preceded by Trygve Lie	Norwegian Minister of Industry 1964–1965	Succeeded by Sverre Walter Rostoft