Egil Sundt (23 September 1903 – 6 September 1950) was a Norwegian lawyer and government official who served as director of several national agencies. Egil Kaare Sundt was born in

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(Now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Othar Sundt and Sigrid Holm. In 1929 he married Dagny Dick Thorkildsen. He graduated from the Oslo Cathedral School from 1922. He earned his law degree in 1925. In 1929, Sundt began working with the National Ministry of Finance. In 1933, he became Chief Financial Office of the bureau. Sundt served as

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from 1939 to 1940. During the Nazi occupation of Norway, Sundt was director of the financial services and insurance company

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(now Storebrand). From 1945 to 1946, he was Councillor of State in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. He served as Director-General of the

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from 1946 until his death in 1950.

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1903 births 1950 deaths Civil servants from Oslo People educated at Oslo Cathedral School NRK people Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian mass media people 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-gov-bio-stub