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Grete Knudsen

Norwegian politician (1940–2023)

Grete Knudsen

Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Lars Sponheim
Succeeded by	Ansgar Gabrielsen
In office 1 January 1997 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Finn Kristensen (Minister of Industry)
Succeeded by	Lars Sponheim
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Gunnar Berge
Succeeded by	Ragnhild Haarstad
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office 24 January 1994 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Bjørn Tore Godal
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 4 September 1992 – 24 January 1994
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Tove Veierød
Succeeded by	Hill-Marta Solberg
State Secretary for the Ministry of Education and Church Affairs
In office 17 October 1979 – 14 October 1981
Prime Minister	Odvar Nordli Gro Harlem Brundtland
Minister	Einar Førde
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Hordaland

Personal details
Born	(1940-10-13)13 October 1940 Bergen, Hordaland, German-occupied Norway
Died	4 December 2023(2023-12-04) (aged 83)
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Gjert Henning Knudsen (m. 1969) Jørgen Berlund (m. 1963, div. 1966)

Grete Knudsen (13 October 1940 – 4 December 2023) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the state secretary to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1979–1981, Minister of Social Affairs 1992–1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs (trade and shipping affairs) 1994–1996, Minister of Industry and Energy (industry affairs) 1996, Minister of Industry and Trade 1997, as well as Minister of Nordic cooperation 1996–1997, and Minister of Industry and Trade 2000–2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg.^[1] Knudsen was a teacher before her political career, and worked as principal of a special education school in Bergen.^[2]

In 2008 she was appointed a member of the board of the National Gallery of Norway.^[3]

On 13 August 2013 she released a book, Basketak (Brawl) that Stein Kåre Kristiansen (a political commentator for TV2) called "This is an unpleasant package of shit in the middle of the election campaign. This does not suit the Labour Party well."^[4] On the same day Jan-Erik Larsen said that he had spoken to party leaders at the lowest level, from all over Norway, and the verdict is clear: This is what the party needed the least, at the moment.^[4]

Knudsen died on 4 December 2023, at the age of 83.^[5]

References

^ "Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"". Government.no. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ "Grete Knudsen" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ Norwegian News Agency (23 October 2008). "Svein Aaser ny styreleder for Nasjonalmuseet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 October 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Kolberg om bokbomben: – Hun har onde hensikter
^ "Grete Knudsen er død". VG. December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.