Thoralf Johannes Irgens Evje (8 December 1902 – 4 September 1976) was a Norwegian judge, civil servant and politician for the
Labour Party.
He was born in
Vestre Aker
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The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.
The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 Ja ...
to priest Hans Odén Evje and Anna Sofie Elle,
finished
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his secondary education in 1922 and graduated as
cand.jur.
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in 1926.
He served as
State Conciliator of Norway The National Mediator of Norway ( no, Riksmekleren, until 2012 ''Riksmeklingsmannen'') is a mediator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when creation or revision of tariff agreements is disagreed upon.
It was estab ...
from 1954 to 1964.
From 1965 to 1970 he was appointed stipendiary magistrate of Oslo.
[ His published works include (jointly with ]Paal Berg
Paal Olav Berg (18 January 1873 – 24 May 1968), born in Hammerfest, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1919–1920, and Minister of Justice 1924–1926. He was the 12th Chief Justice of the ...
) ''Kommentar til Arbeidstvistloven'' and ''Tjenestetvistloven''.[
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 the ...
, Evje was incarcerated by the occupants, at Bredtvedt, Møllergata 19 and Grini
Grini is a district in northeastern Bærum, Norway.
Concentration camp
The name Grini is best known from the concentration camp of the same name, but this camp lay further west and had no actual connection to the Grini area.
History
The name ...
, and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
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in July 1943.
After six years in Notodden
Notodden () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Øst-Telemark. ...
Evje settled in Bærum
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in 1935 and represented the Labour Party in Bærum School Board from 1939 to 1954 and Bærum municipal council
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from 1946 to 1952. From 1946 to 1947 he also served as deputy mayor under Leif Larsen
Leif Andreas Larsen DSO, DSC, CGM, DSM and Bar (9 January 1906 – 12 October 1990), popularly known as "Shetlands Larsen", was a highly decorated Norwegian sailor. He was arguably the most famous of the men who operated the Shetland bus esca ...
.[ Evje died in September 1976.Digitalarkivet]
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References
1902 births
1976 deaths
Judges from Oslo
Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Bærum politicians
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