Carl Henry (17 November 1905 – 2 December 1995) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Henry was born in

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as a son of baker Carl Jacobsen and Helga Elise Pedersen. He attended upper secondary school for four years, studying both sciences and commerce, the latter in

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. Henry also attended the Nordic

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

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. He was a journalist by occupation, starting in 1929. In 1930, Henry was promoted to subeditor in the newspaper '' Nybrott'' in

Larvik Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...

. From 1935 to 1952, he was the newspaper's manager. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, ''Nybrott'' was stopped briefly in August 1940, and after being resumed, it was merged with the bourgeois ''

Østlands-Posten ''Østlands-Posten'' is a local newspaper published in Larvik, Norway. It covers Larvik and Lardal. It was established in 1881. It has a circulation of 14,284, of whom 13,888 are subscribers. 1896-1995 ''Østlands-Posten'' was owned by the Næss ...

'' to form ''

Larvik Dagblad Larvik () is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality of Larvik has about 46,364 inhabitants. The municipality has a 110 ...

'' from 1 July 1943. The two editors-in-chief

Ingjald Nordstad Ingjald Nordstad (12 February 1897 – 1960) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. Nordstad joined his first trade union in 1914, and the Labour Party in 1916. In 1918, he was imprisoned for conscientious objection ...

and Øyvind Næss were arrested on 8 December 1943, and Henry replaced them for the rest of the war. The time as newspaper editor under Nazi rule did not hurt Henry's career, as he was elected to the

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from the

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. He was not re-elected in

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, but served as a deputy representative during the terms 1950–1953 and 1954–1957, and met as a regular representative from 1951 to 1955 meanwhile Oscar Torp was Prime Minister. Henry was a member of Larvik city council from 1951 to 1967, from 1961 to 1966 in the executive committee. He also chaired the school board, and chaired the local

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branch from 1960 to 1968. Henry worked with taxation in Larvik from 1956 to 1966, then as an office manager in the

Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted The Norwegian Association of the Blind (Norwegian: ''Norges Blindeforbund'') is the advocacy group for the blind and visually impaired in Norway. It is Norway's oldest association of the disabled. It has ca. 11,000 members as of 2015. Its headquar ...

from 1966 to 1972. Henry was a board member of Én Verden (affiliated with the World Federalist Movement) from 1947 to 1953, the

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from 1953 to 1977 and the Norwegian Refugee Council from 1953 to 1977. He was also involved in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Carl 1905 births 1995 deaths People from Larvik Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian people of World War II Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Vestfold politicians Norwegian anti-war activists Norwegian temperance activists Norwegian disability rights activists 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian politicians