Tor Oftedal

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Tor Oftedal (born 14 January 1925 in Sandnes, died 5 October 1980) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. During the third term he died and was replaced by Aase Moløkken.

The son of newspaper editor Tjøl Oftedal, he started his career as a journalist, and later became editor-in-chief of Fritt Slag 1951-1952 and Fremtiden 1964-1969. He was the Auditor General of Norway from 1978 to 1980.

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