Harald Torp

Harald Vincent Houge Torp (14 May 1890 1 December 1972) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 1937, was not re-elected in 1945 but returend for one term in 1954. Torp was a member of the executive committee of Trondheim city council from 1931 to 1937 and 1947 to 1959.

In addition he worked in various newspapers. He was born in Lillehammer and graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1912, and was a journalist in Aftenposten 19141916 and 19191925 as well as Morgenbladet in 1917, and editor-in-chief of Lillehammer Tilskuer 19171919 and Adresseavisen 19271941 and 19451969. He chaired the Conservative Press Association from 1935 to 1951, and was a board member of the Norwegian News Agency from 1951 to 1969.[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Harald Torp" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  2. "Harald Torp". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. Eide, Martin. "Harald Torp". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Media offices
Preceded by
Harald Lundh-Nilssen
Editor-in-chief of Adresseavisen
19271941
Succeeded by
Jacob Skylstad (Nazi)
Preceded by
Jacob Skylstad (Nazi)
Editor-in-chief of Adresseavisen
19451969
Succeeded by
Fridtjof M. Ålstedt


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