12 Facts About Finn Kristensen

Finn Kristensen was born on 24 July, 1936 and is a Norwegian electrician, trade unionist, and politician affiliated with the Labour Party.

Finn Kristensen served as Minister of Industry in 1981, from 1986 to1988, and from 1992 to 1993.

Finn Kristensen then worked at sea for a year before returning to Dalen Portland, where he worked from 1958 to 1962.

Finn Kristensen started a political career in the municipal councils of Eidanger and Porsgrunn from 1959 to 1971.

Finn Kristensen was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark in 1965, and was elected to four full terms in 1969,1973,1977 and 1981.

In 1981 Finn Kristensen served as Minister of Industry in the brief Brundtland's First Cabinet.

When Brundtland's Second Cabinet assumed office in 1986, Finn Kristensen became Minister of Industry and served until the cabinet fell in 1989.

When Brundtland's Second Cabinet assumed office in 1990, Finn Kristensen became Minister of Petroleum and Energy.

Finn Kristensen became head of the Ministry of Trade in September 1992, overseeing a merger with the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to create the Ministry of Trade and Energy.

In between his governmental jobs, Finn Kristensen was the director of T-invest in Notodden from 1985 to 1986, then a director in Statoil from 1989 to 1990.

Finn Kristensen was a senior adviser in ABB until 1997.

Finn Kristensen chaired Telemark Labour Party from 1972 to 1977, and was a national board member of the Labour Party from 1977 to 1981.