Eskild Jensen

Eskild Jensen (born 28 April 1925) is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Oslo,[1] and graduated as siviløkonom from the University of Oslo.[2] In 1961 he was hired in the Ministry of Finance. He worked for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1962 to 1967 and 1969 to 1974. In 1974 he was appointed deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Transport and Communications before serving as state secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister from 1976 to 1980, as part of the cabinet Nordli. From 1980 to 1992 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jensen, Eskild". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=613995. 
  2. ^ Knutsen, Sverre; Knut Boge (2005). Norsk vegpolitikk etter 1960. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 286. ISBN 978-82-02-24348-7. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Karl Olsen		 Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads
1980–1992		 Succeeded by
Olav Søfteland