Peter Angelsen

Peter Jon Angelsen (born 6 February 1935) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (Sp). He was born in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county. He represented Nordland in the Storting for four periods, from 1981 to 1997. He served as Minister of Fisheries in the first government of Kjell Magne Bondevik, from 1997, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation from 1999 until he resigned on 21 January 2000, to be replaced by Lars Peder Brekk. He was said to have resigned due to old age and wanting to let someone new take over.^[1]

Peter Angelsen
Minister of Fisheries
In office 17 October 1997 – 21 January 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen
Succeeded by	Lars Peder Brekk
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 16 March 1999 – 21 January 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Ragnhild Haarstad
Succeeded by	Kåre Gjønnes
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 1997
Constituency	Nordland
Personal details
Born	(1935-02-06) 6 February 1935 (age 90) Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway
Political party	Centre