Kai Ekanger

Kai Ekanger (18 July 1929 – 23 May 2018) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party.

Ekanger resided at Bøler in Oslo since that neighborhood was built in the 1950s.[1] He took the cand.jur. degree, worked as a junior solicitor and then as a secretary in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. From 1971 to 1985 he was a lawyer for the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, then office manager in the Norwegian Public Roads Directorate.[2]

From 1973 to 1979, during Bratteli's Second Cabinet and Nordli's Cabinet, Ekanger was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 1997–2001. In total he met during 97 days of parliamentary session.[3] He was also a member of Oslo city council for three terms, and led Bøler borough council 1975–79 and 1987–89. In 2004 he received the King's Medal of Merit in gold.[2]

References
  1. "Kai Ekanger (1929–2018)". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). 1 June 2018. p. 32.
  2. "80 år 18. juli: Advokat og kontorsjef Kai Ekanger" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 1 July 2009.
  3. "Kai Ekanger" (in Norwegian). Storting.


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