Dead. Ole Jacob Frich, born in 1954 in Cooma, Australia and died August 19, 2015 of cancer.

He was a Norwegian communications director and politician for the Labour Party.

Frich took his education at Sagene Teachers’ College. In politics, he has been a city councillor (kommunalråd) in Oslo.

From 1992 to 1996 he served in Brundtland’s Third Cabinet as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

He entered the private sector, and worked at Geelmuyden.Kiese and the Norwegian Financial Services Association.

In 2000 Frich was hired in KLP, where he is executive vice president for communication.