Finn Kristensen

Finn Kristensen
Minister of Petroleum and Energy
In office
3 November 1990 – 31 December 1992
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byEivind Reiten
Succeeded byGrete Faremo (1996)
Minister of Industry
In office
4 February 1981 – 14 October 1981
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byLars Skytøen
Succeeded byJens-Halvard Bratz
In office
9 May 1986 – 31 December 1987
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byPetter Thomassen
Succeeded byPosition abolished
In office
1 January 1988 – 16 October 1989
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPetter Thomassen
In office
4 September 1992 – 7 October 1993
Prime MinisterGro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded byOle Knapp
Succeeded byJens Stoltenberg
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1969 – 30 September 1985
ConstituencyTelemark
Personal details
Born (1936-07-24) 24 July 1936 (age 88)
Brevik, Telemark, Norway
Political partyLabour

Finn Kristensen (born 24 July, 1936) is a Norwegian electrician, trade unionist, and politician affiliated with the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Industry in 1981, from 1986 to1988, and from 1992 to 1993. Additionally, he was the Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1990 to 1992. Kristensen represented Telemark as a Member of Parliament from 1969 to 1985.

Born in Brevik, he was the son of welder Bjarne Kornelius Kristensen (1912–1946) and cleaner Jenny Therese Eikefjord (1914–1989). kristensen began his basic training as an electrician in 1950, starting an apprenticeship at Dalen Portland Cementfabrikk. After completing his four-year apprenticeship, he spent a year studying strong current at the Oslo School of Elementary Technics. He then worked at sea for a year before returning to Dalen Portland, where he worked from 1958 to 1962.[1]

  1. ^ "Finn Kristensen" (in Norwegian). Storting.