Kjell Opseth

Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997.^[2] As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on her own [she] is not a traffic hazard. It depends where she is."^[3]

Kjell Opseth
Opseth in 2009.
Minister of Local Government
In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Gunnar Berge
Succeeded by	Ragnhild Haarstad
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Lars Gunnar Lie
Succeeded by	Sissel Rønbeck
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Sogn og Fjordane
Personal details
Born	Kjell Olav Opseth (1936-01-02)2 January 1936 Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Died	3 December 2017(2017-12-03) (aged 81) Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Hjørdis Årberg (m. 1963)[1]