Odd Strand

{{Short description|Norwegian civil servant (1925–2008)}} '''Odd Strand''' (21 August 1925 – 18 May 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Aure Municipality, but grew up in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of Milorg.{{Citation needed|reason=He would have been 14 years old when the Germans occupied Norway - could this be a mix-up with Odd Strand the journalist? See https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Strand|date=August 2021}} He later studied at the University of Oslo, graduating as cand.philol. and later magister in political science in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |title=Odd Strand til minne (obituary) |first=Arne |last=Simonsen |author-link=Arne Simonsen |date=22 May 2008 |work=Budstikka |language=no}}</ref>

He started a career in government ministries and agencies, and was appointed director of the Norwegian Central Information Service upon its creation in 1965. He remained director until 1993, when he reached the age limit. He was succeeded by Arne Simonsen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arne Simonsen ny direktør i Statens Informasjonstjeneste |author=Norwegian News Agency |author-link=Norwegian News Agency |date=8 June 1993 |language=no}}</ref> Statens Informasjonstjeneste no longer exists, as it was merged into Statskonsult in 2001.<ref>[http://www.caplex.no/Web/ArticleView.aspx?id=9333641 Statens Informasjonstjeneste] on Caplex Encyclopedia</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-new|office}} {{s-ttl |title=Director of the Norwegian Central Information Service | years=1965–1993 }} {{s-aft | after=Arne Simonsen }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strand, Odd}} Category:1925 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Directors of government agencies of Norway Category:People from Aure Municipality Category:People from Trondheim Category:Norwegian resistance members Category:University of Oslo alumni