Nils Hønsvald
Nils Hønsvald | |
|---|---|
Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction | |
| In office 10 January 1948 – 14 September 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Preceded by | Oscar Torp |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1899 Horten, Vestfold, Norway |
| Died | 24 November 1971 (aged 71) |
| Political party | Labour |
Nils Hønsvald (4 December 1899 – 24 November 1971) was a
Labour Party. He was one of the leading figures in Norwegian politics from 1945 to 1969. He served as President of the Nordic Council
in 1958 and 1963.
Hønsvald was born in
Norwegian Labour Party which was discontinued in 1929 and editor of Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad
, a local newspaper published in Sarpsborg (1929–1969).
He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 120 days of prison.[1] He was later present at the congress of 24 April 1927 when the Left Communist Youth League was merged with the Socialist Youth League to found the Workers' Youth League.[2]
During the
Grini concentration camp in May. He was released on 12 June 1941. In December 1944 he was arrested again, and was transferred from Fredrikstad to Grini, where he remained until the war's end.[3]
Hønsvald was Minister of Supplies and Reconstruction (1948–1950), and minister without ministry in 1950. Hønsvald was President of the
was named in his honor.References
- ISBN 82-10-02753-0.
- ^ Solbakken, Evald O. (1951). Det røde fylke. Trekk av den politiske arbeiderbevegelse i Hedmark gjennom 100 år (in Norwegian). Hamar: Hedmark Labour Party. p. 118.
- ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ^ Hønsvald, Nils (Stortingets informasjonshjørne)
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