Oskar Øksnes was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

. He was born in Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag

Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag

Kvam is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Steinkjer. The village is located along the northern shore of the lake Snåsavatnet along the European route E6 highway, about northeast of Følling. ...

. An agronomist by education, Øksnes was state secretary to the Minister of Agriculture from 1964 to 1965, during the Gerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet. He later became the Minister of Agriculture in 1976–1981 in Nordli's Cabinet

Nordli's Cabinet

Nordli's Cabinet governed Norway between 15 January 1976 and 4 February 1981. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Odvar Nordli. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:...

 and in 1981 in Brundtland's First Cabinet.

He was decorated Knight, First Order of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1987.