Tor Vangen Skjønsberg (27 April 1903 - 8 September 1993) was a Norwegian resistance leader, by education he was a lawyer.
In 1941 Tor Skjønsberg called for a meeting "
Grimelundsmøtet" which is considered the start of organized resistance in Norway.
Skjønsberg was the ''de facto'' leader of the
resistance movement in Norway until he had to flee the country in November 1944. After Skjønsberg fled,
Jens Christian Hauge
Jens Christian Hauge (15 May 1915 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian who was leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. Njølstad p.125 He served as Minister of Defence from 19 ...
became the leader of the resistance movement.
After the liberation, Skjønsberg served as Minister of Shipping from 22 June to 1 November 1945, in
the interim government of Einar Gerhardsen.
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1903 births
1993 deaths
Norwegian resistance members
Government ministers of Norway