Peder Holt

Peder Ragnar Holt (25 January 1899 – 24 March 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Vardø.^[1] He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He agitated for it through the newspaper Finmarken, and was convicted for this crime and sentenced to 50 days of "hefte".^[2]

He served as as mayor of Vardø from 1930 to 1940. After the German occupation of Norway he was appointed Consultative Minister of Supplies and Reconstruction 1945–1948 during the second cabinet Gerhardsen, and Minister of Fisheries 1951–1955 during the cabinet Torp. His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Finnmark, which he held from 1948 to his death, having formerly been the acting County Governor from 1944 to 1945 during the liberation of Finnmark.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Peder Holt" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=PEHO&tab=Biography.
^ Maurseth, Per (1987) (in Norwegian). Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935. Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge. Oslo: Tiden. p. 502. ISBN 82-10-02753-0.

Preceded by Reidar Karlsen	Norwegian Minister of Fisheries 1951–1955	Succeeded by Nils Kristian Lysø
Preceded by Hans Gabrielsen	County Governor of Finnmark 1948–1963	Succeeded by Kolbjørn Varmann

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Name	Holt, Peder Ragnar
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Date of birth	25 January 1899
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Date of death	24 March 1963
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