Juul Bjerke is a Norwegian economist.

Having graduated as cand.oecon

Cand.oecon.

Candidatus oeconomices or Candidata oeconomices , often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Danish and Norwegian universities. It is roughly equivalent to a Master of Economics, but it consists of 4+2 years, and was based on a four year cand.mag.. The degree was replaced...

, he served as state secretary in the Ministry of Finance

Norwegian Ministry of Finance

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Finance is a Norwegian ministry established in 1814. The ministry is responsible for state finance, including the state budget, taxation and economic policy in Norway. It is led by Sigbjørn Johnsen...

 from 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli

First cabinet Bratteli

The Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli.On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle...

. He later worked in Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...

 and as head of the economic department in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...

. He was also a member of the board of directors of Norges Bank.

He is the father of Siri

Siri Bjerke

Siri Bjerke is a Norwegian . She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005. She was state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 and Minister of the Environment between 2000 and 2001 during Stoltenberg's first cabinet...

 and Rune Bjerke

Rune Bjerke

Rune Bjerke is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Labour Party.Rune is son of Juul Bjerke and brother of Siri Bjerke. Bjerke studied economics at the University of Oslo, and has a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.From 1992 to 1995 he was city...

, and father-in-law of Libe Rieber-Mohn

Libe Rieber-Mohn

Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She is the Deputy Mayor of Oslo.In 2005, when Jens Stoltenberg's second cabinet took office, she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion...

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