Oscar Torp

Oscar Torp
Torp in April 1950
23rd Prime Minister of Norway
In office 19 November 1951 – 22 January 1955
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Einar Gerhardsen
Succeeded by	Einar Gerhardsen
President of the Storting
In office 24 January 1955 – 1 May 1958
Monarch	Haakon VII
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Vice President	Nils Langhelle
Preceded by	Einar Gerhardsen
Succeeded by	Nils Langhelle
County Governor of Vestfold
In office 1 January 1948 – 1 May 1958
Monarch	Haakon VII
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen Himself Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Johannes Gerckens Bassøe
Succeeded by	Gerhard Dahl
Minister of Finance
In office 1 July 1939 – 20 March 1942
Prime Minister	Johan Nygaardsvold
Preceded by	Kornelius Bergsvik
Succeeded by	Paul Hartmann
Minister of Defence
In office 20 March 1942 – 5 November 1945
Prime Minister	Johan Nygaardsvold Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Birger Ljungberg
Succeeded by	Jens Chr. Hauge
In office 20 December 1935 – 15 August 1936 Acting
Prime Minister	Johan Nygaardsvold
Preceded by	Adolf Indrebø (Acting)
Succeeded by	Fredrik Monsen
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 13 November 1936 – 1 July 1939
Prime Minister	Johan Nygaardsvold
Preceded by	Kornelius Bergsvik
Succeeded by	Sverre Støstad
Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction
In office 25 June 1945 – 10 January 1948
Prime Minister	Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by	Egil Offenberg
Succeeded by	Nils Hønsvald
Minister of Trade and Shipping
Acting
In office 2 June 1954 – 15 June 1954
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Erik Brofoss
Succeeded by	Nils Langhelle
Mayor of Oslo
In office 1 January 1936 – 13 November 1936
Preceded by	Trygve Nilsen
Succeeded by	Trygve Nilsen
In office 1 January 1935 – 20 March 1935
Preceded by	Eyvind Getz
Succeeded by	Trygve Nilsen
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 1923–1945
Preceded by	Emil Stang jr.
Succeeded by	Einar Gerhardsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1937 – 1 May 1958
Deputy	Eugen Amandus Pettersen Carl Henry Gunvor Katharina Eker
Constituency	Oslo (1937–1949) Vestfold (1949–1958)
Personal details
Born	Oscar Frederik Torp (1893-06-08)8 June 1893 Skjeberg, Østfold, Sweden-Norway
Died	1 May 1958(1958-05-01) (aged 64) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Kari Hansen
Profession	Civil servant Electrician

Oscar Fredrik Torp (pronunciation^ⓘ, 8 June 1893 – 1 May 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also the minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then the minister of Finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed Minister of Defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became the minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948.

Hailing from Skjeberg, he was first elected to the Parliament of Norway representing Oslo in 1936, but did not take a seat in the Parliament until 1948. He then became the faction leader for the Labour Party in Parliament. He became the 23rd prime minister of Norway in 1951 when Einar Gerhardsen stepped down from this position; the move was reversed in 1955 when Torp became the president of the Storting. He held this position until his death.