Carl August Petersen Wright (7 September 1893 – 28 April 1961) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn w ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from the

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in 1937, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1934–1936. Wright held various positions in

city council between 1922 and 1927. He then served as deputy mayor for a brief time in 1928, and mayor in the periods 1931–1934 and 1934–1936. His father Alfred P. Wright was also a Parliament member. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

he was imprisoned at

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from 20 October to 11 November 1941, then in

Grini concentration camp '', '' no, Grini fangeleir'', location=Bærum, Viken, Norway, location map=Viken#Norway, built by=Norway, original use=Constructed as a women's prison, operated by=Nazi Germany, notable inmates= List of Grini prisoners, liberated by=Harry Söderm ...

until 21 November, then Møllergata 19 until 6 February 1942. He was then transferred to

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, whence he escaped. Wright was the nominator for

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's 1953

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-- the nomination was ultimately successful.

References

1893 births 1961 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Grini concentration camp survivors Norwegian resistance members Escapees from German detention Norwegian escapees Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian politicians Politicians from Porsgrunn {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub