Finn Lied | |
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Minister of Trade and Industry | |
In office 17 March 1971 – 18 October 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Trygve Bratteli |
Preceded by | Sverre Walter Rostoft |
Succeeded by | Ola Skjåk Bræk |
Personal details | |
Born | Fana, Norway | 12 April 1916
Died | 10 October 2014 Oslo, Norway | (aged 98)
Political party | Labour Party |
Finn Lied (12 April 1916 – 10 October 2014) was a Norwegian military researcher and politician for the Labour Party. He was particularly known for work on the establishment of the Norwegian state oil company Statoil. His effort to ensure that a large part of the revenues from the oil industry that explored the petroleum deposits under the Norwegian continental shelf was taxed by the Norwegian state was of great importance.