Olav Oksvik

Olav Berntsen Oksvik (7 May 1887 – 16 September 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1928 until 1952 and then as the County Governor of Møre og Romsdal county from 1952 until his death in 1958.^[1][2]

Olav Berntsen Olsvik
Governor of Møre og Romsdal
In office 1952–1958
Preceded by	Trygve Utheim
Succeeded by	Erling Anger
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1928 – 31 December 1953
Constituency	Møre og Romsdal
Vice President of the Odelsting
In office 10 December 1945 – 12 January 1953
President	C. J. Hambro
Succeeded by	Peder Leier Jacobsen
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office 6 December 1947 – 6 March 1948
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Kristian Fjeld
Succeeded by	Kristian Fjeld
Personal details
Born	(1887-05-07)7 May 1887 Stranda, Norway
Died	16 September 1958(1958-09-16) (aged 71) Oslo, Norway
Citizenship	Norway
Parents	Bernt Olsen Oksvik (father) Ingeborg Fixdal (mother)
Profession	Politician

In 1928 he helped launch the newspaper Romsdal Folkeblad.^[3] In January 1941 he was ordered by Nasjonal Samling to become mayor of Bolsøy Municipality, which he categorically refused.^[4] He temporarily served as the acting Minister of Agriculture from 1947 to 1948 in place of Kristian Fjeld.^[1]