Nils Langhelle (28 September 1907 – 28 August 1967) was a

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for the Labour Party and Minister of Labour 1945–1946, Norway's first Minister of Transport and Communications 1946-1951 and 1951–1952, Minister of Defense 1952–1954, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1954-1955 and

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from 7 May 1958 to 30 September 1965. He was arrested on 29 January 1943 and imprisoned 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 Söderma ...

from May to December 1943, then in

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

until the end of World War II.

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1907 births 1967 deaths Government ministers of Norway Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Grini concentration camp survivors Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors Ministers of Transport and Communications of Norway Presidents of the Storting Vice Presidents of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Defence ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub