Christian Stephansen Oftedal
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Christian Stephansen Oftedal (born 14 January 1907 in Stavanger, died 11 July 1955) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He is the son of Lars Oftedal.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. He was also a member of the executive committee of Stavanger municipality council in the period 1937–1940.
He was editor-in-chief of Stavanger Aftenblad from 1932 to 1940 and 1945 to 1955. In the period 1940–1945 he was under Nazi Zuchthaus imprisonment. He released a number of books about this and other issues. In addition he was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1945 and 1946–1948.
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- Stortinget.no - Biography (Norwegian)
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