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{{short description|Norwegian sprinter and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder 
| image= [[File:26058 Erik Brofoss.jpg|210px]]
| caption= Brofoss in 1946. 
| office= [[Norges Bank|Governor of the Central Bank of Norway]]
| term_start= 1954
| term_end= 1970
| predecessor= Gunnar Jahn
| successor= [[Knut Getz Wold]]
| office2= [[Minister of Trade and Shipping]]
| term_start2= 6 December 1947
| term_end2= 2 June 1954
| primeminister2 = [[Einar Gerhardsen]] <br> [[Oscar Torp]]
| predecessor2= [[Arne Sunde|Arne T. Sunde]] {{Small|(1945)}}
| successor2= [[Nils Langhelle]]
| office3= [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Minister of Finance]]
| term_start3= 5 November 1945
| term_end3= 6 December 1947
| primeminister3= Einar Gerhardsen
| predecessor3= [[Gunnar Jahn]]
| successor3= [[Olav Meisdalshagen]]
| birth_date= {{birth date|1908|6|21|df=y}}
| birth_place= [[Kongsberg]], Norway
| death_date= {{Death date and age|1979|5|7|1908|6|21|df=y}}
| death_place= [[Oslo]], Norway 
| party= [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]]
| occupation= Politician <br> Economist <br> Jurist 
| spouse= Kirsten Marie Enlien {{Small|(m. 1938)}}
| children= [[Knut Brofoss]]
}}
'''Erik Brofoss''' (21 June 1908 – 7 May 1979) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] economist and politician for the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]].

Brofoss was born in [[Kongsberg]]. In his younger days he was an athlete who competed national level in the [[100 metres]]. He represented [[Kongsberg IF]], and won a silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m100.htm |title=Norwegian championships medalists, men's 100 metres |publisher=Norwegian Athletics |language=no |access-date=31 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185634/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m100.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> His career best time in 100 m was 10.8 seconds, achieved in August 1931 in Kongsberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M100.htm |title=Norwegian all-time list, men's 100 metres |publisher=Norwegian Athletics |language=no |access-date=31 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309065302/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M100.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2008 }}</ref> He had 6.96 metres in the [[long jump]], achieved in July 1928 at [[Bislett stadion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MLJ.htm |title=Norwegian all-time list, men's long jump |publisher=Norwegian Athletics |language=no |access-date=31 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205231614/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MLJ.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2008 }}</ref>

He became [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Minister of Finance]] in 1945 and stayed in this position until 1947. He then helped found the [[Minister of Trade and Shipping (Norway)|Ministry of Trade and Shipping]] and headed it from 1947 to 1954.  He was later a director of the Executive Board of the [[International Monetary Fund]] from 1970 to 1973.

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[[Category:1908 births]]
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[[Category:Ministers of finance of Norway]]
[[Category:Ministers of trade and shipping of Norway]]
[[Category:Labour Party (Norway) politicians]]
[[Category:Governors of the Central Bank of Norway]]
[[Category:Norwegian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Kongsberg IF]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian economists]]
[[Category:People from Kongsberg]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen]]


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