Nils Langhelle

Nils Langhelle
Langhelle in 1947.
President of the Storting
In office
8 May 1958 – 30 September 1965
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
John Lyng
Vice PresidentNils Hønsvald
Alv Kjøs
Preceded byOscar Torp
Succeeded byBernt Ingvaldsen
Vice President of the Storting
In office
8 October 1965 – 28 August 1967
PresidentBernt Ingvaldsen
Preceded byAlv Kjøs
Succeeded byLeif Granli
In office
11 January 1957 – 8 May 1958
PresidentOscar Torp
Preceded byJohan Wiik
Succeeded byNils Hønsvald
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office
15 June 1954 – 22 January 1955
Prime MinisterOscar Torp
Preceded byOscar Torp (acting)
Succeeded byArne Skaug
Minister of Defence
In office
5 January 1952 – 14 June 1954
Prime MinisterOscar Torp
Preceded byJens Christian Hauge
Succeeded byKai Birger Knudsen
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
22 February 1946 – 5 January 1952
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Oscar Torp
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJakob Martin Pettersen
Minister of Labour
In office
5 November 1945 – 22 February 1946
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Preceded byJohan S. Johansen
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1907-09-28)28 September 1907
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Died28 August 1967(1967-08-28) (aged 59)
Hol, Buskerud, Norway
Political partyLabour
SpouseEsther Engelsen

Nils Langhelle (28 September 1907 – 28 August 1967) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Labour 1945–1946, Norway's first Minister of Transport and Communications 1946-1951 and 1951–1952, Minister of Defense 1952–1954, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1954-1955 and President of the Storting from 7 May 1958 to 30 September 1965.[1]

He was arrested on 29 January 1943 and imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from May to December 1943, then in Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II.[2]

  1. ^ Nils Langhelle Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, via SNL, retrieved 7 April 2013 (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 428. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.

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