Ivar Skjånes (5 March 1888, Kolvereid – 5 June 1975, Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Skjånes became mayor of Trondheim, the third largest city in Norway, in 1935. On 31 October 1940, during the German occupation of Norway, he was removed on the orders of the occupants. He was also imprisoned, first from March to May 1942 in Falstad concentration camp. In September 1944 he was arrested again and incarcerated in

Vollan concentration camp Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

until October, then in

Berg concentration camp Berg interneringsleir (Berg internment camp) was a concentration camp near Tønsberg in Norway that served as an internment and transit center for political prisoners and Jews during the Nazi occupation of Norway. Establishment The camp at Berg ...

until 29 March 1945. When the occupation ended in 1945, he assumed office again. He left in 1952. In 1948 he was appointed as County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag, which he held to 1958. Ivar Skjånes was biographed in 2002 (''Røde dager og blå timer : Ivar Skjånes 1888-1975 : et liv og en epoke''). He had a daughter Bodil Skjånes Dugstad and a son.

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1888 births 1975 deaths Norwegian resistance members Falstad concentration camp survivors Vollan concentration camp survivors Berg concentration camp survivors Mayors of Trondheim Labour Party (Norway) politicians County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub