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. In 1944 he replaced

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as minister of labour in the NS government. In the post-war legal purges he was convicted of treason and sentenced to 20 years of forced labour. He had formerly fielded in the

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but his party did not win a seat.

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1888 births 1971 deaths Norwegian expatriates in Germany 20th-century Norwegian engineers Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology Government ministers of Norway Bærum politicians Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian politicians convicted of crimes People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway {{norway-politician-1880s-stub