Arne Askildsen (25 August 1898 – 12 July 1982) was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

as a son of Albert Askildsen (1860–1947) and Oline Gunhilde Paulsen (1865–1922). He took commerce school in 1916. From 1914 he worked as an office clerk in

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

, before being hired as bailiff of

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

and

Halse og Harkmark Halse og Harkmark is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Halse, which at that time was ...

in 1928. He remained in this position until 1968, except for the years during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was imprisoned in Arkivet from 25 February to 6 March 1942, then a second time from 20 June 1944. He managed to escape from prison on 20 July 1944. He worked at the

Norwegian legation in Stockholm The Norwegian Legation in Stockholm played a significant role during the Second World War. Until 9 April 1940 the legation consisted of four persons, and at the end of the war about 1,100 persons were connected to the legation. Refugee cases were ...

from 1944 to 1945. Two of his sons were held captive in Grini concentration camp. Askildsen was a member of Mandal school board from 1936 to 1940 and 1947 to 1951. He was a member of the city council from 1936 to 1940, 1945 to 1947 and 1951 to 1963. In

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he was elected to the

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from Vest-Agder, and sat through one term. He was also a board member of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission from 1939 to 1955 and 1958 to 1964. Together with Aasta Håverstad (1898–1978) he had the son

Kjell Askildsen Kjell Askildsen (30 September 1929 – 23 September 2021) was a Norwegian writer probably best known for his minimalistic short stories. Personal life Askildsen was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen (1898–1982) ...

, born 1929, a noted writer. He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland in 1937.

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1898 births 1982 deaths Politicians from Kristiansand People from Mandal, Norway Norwegian resistance members Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub