Anders Sjaastad
 Anders Sjaastad     ( politician) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 February 1942 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Oslo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative Party (Norway) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1980s as Norwegian Minister of Defence. Later leader of the European Movement Norway.
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Anders Christian Sjaastad is a Norwegian politician who attended two Bilderberg meetings as Norwegian Minister of Defence. He later became leader of the European Movement Norway.[1]
Background
Sjaastad was born in Oslo in 1942, the son of manager Andreas Sjaastad (1895-1977) and Ingrid Mørk (1902-1992).
Education
He graduated in 1962 and took a degree in in political science from the University of Oslo from 1969. As a student he was chairman of the Conservative Student Union in 1965 and chairman of the Norwegian Student Society in 1967. Sjaastad was a research fellow at the Department of political science at the University of Oslo 1968-1970.
Career
In 1970 he was employed by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) as a researcher, and he was also NUPI's chief information officer until he became a minister in 1981. After his time as a member of parliament, Storting, he was again a researcher from 1998, and senior adviser from 2003.
He was a member of the Committee on arms control and disarmament 1974-1981 and the Defence Commission of 1974 from 1974-1978
He was first vice-chairman of the Oslo Conservative Party 1977-1987 and leader 1996-2000. He was deputy representative to the Storting in the periods 1981-1985 and 1997-2001 and was permanently elected 1985-1997.
He was Minister of Defence from 14. October 1981 to 25. April 1986.
He was a Deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2003 to 2005. He was Leader of the European Movement in Norway 1989-1992.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1982 | 14 May 1982 | 16 May 1982 | Norway Sandefjord | The 30th Bilderberg, held in Norway. |
| Bilderberg/1983 | 13 May 1983 | 15 May 1983 | Canada Quebec Château Montebello | The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada |
