Sigbjørn Mustad (19 April 1897 – 30 October 1970) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the
Conservative Party.
Mustad was born in
Vardal
Vardal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Gjøvik Municipality and Vestre Toten M ...
as a son of
Kristian Mauritz Mustad (1848–1913) and Maren Haugsrud (1860–1917). He was elected to the
Storting
The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...
during the period 1937–1945. During the
German occupation of Norway
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 assigned with the Norwegian governmental administration in London. From 1946, he was appointed presiding judge in
Agder Court of Appeal. He chaired the board of
A/S Union from 1947 to 1963. He published the book ''Utenlands i krigsårene'' in 1958, and ''Union i 17 år''.
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1897 births
1970 deaths
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
Members of the Storting
Politicians from Gjøvik
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian expatriates in England
Norwegian World War II memoirists
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