Kjeld Stub (1868–1955)

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Kjeld F. K. Stub (16 February 1868 – 1955) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

He was born in Sigdal and took the cand.theol. degree in 1892. He worked as a secretary for the YMCA in Kristiania and curate for the dean in the Diocese of Kristiania Gustav Jensen. In 1912 he was hired as the priest of the garrison Akershus Fortress, where he remained until his retirement[1] in 1938.[2] He was also a chairman of the Norwegian Sunday School Association, and board member of the Norwegian Lutheran Inner Mission Society, the children's home Toftes gave and the society against cruelty to animals, Foreningen til Dyrenes Beskyttelse.[3]

Stub represented the Conservative Party in the city council. In 1933 he joined the new party Nasjonal Samling and was a failed candidate in the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1933,[4] where he occupied the last ballot spot.[5] In the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936 he tried again, this time as the fourth candidate on the ballot behind Vidkun Quisling, H. Knutsen and Øyvor Hansson.[6]

He died in 1955 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[1][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Dødsfall". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 8 January 1955. p. 2. 
  2. Vik, Vidar (2006). "Akershus slottskirke i unionstiden. Det hellige rom". Pacem (in Norwegian). pp. 51–58. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  3. "50 aar". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 February 1918. p. 1. 
  4. Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, ed. (1936). "Stub, Kjeld". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian) 6. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 614. 
  5. "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. IX. 26. Stortingsvalget 1933" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 
  6. "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. IX. 107. Stortingsvalget 1936" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 
  7. "Bisettelser". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 12 January 1955. p. 2. 
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