Torolv Kandahl (17 August 1899 – 5 March 1982) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Member of Parliament with the

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Biography

He was born at Austad (now

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) in

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, Norway. He was the son of Tor Mathias Kandahl (1876-1955) and Sanna Mathilde Torjesen (1877-1969). His father was a school teacher and manager of the local telephone exchange. In 1918, Kandahl received his first job as a journalist in '' Tønsbergs Blad''. In 1919, he went to '' Morgenbladet'', where he was a political journalist until 1922. He obtained his degree in law degree in 1926. In 1928, he was appointed an editor of ''

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''. Kandahl was chairman of the

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from 1938. During the

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, he was deprived of his positions by the occupational power. From 1942-45, he was the head of the Norwegian Government's information office in

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. After the liberation of Norway, he was chief editor at '' Drammens Tidende'' from 1945-61. Kandahl was chairman of the Norwegian Editorial Society 1950-56 and from 1961-63 he was a board member of the International Press Institute in Zurich. From 1961-70, he was at ''Aftenposten''. Kandahl was a member of

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municipality council from 1934 to 1939, and then served as deputy mayor in the period 1939–1940. He was elected to the

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from Buskerud in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954. He later served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1958–1961. Kandahl was nominated as a knight of the 1st grade of

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in 1960, and was awarded the Command Cross in 1975. He was the holder of an honorary doctorate (1966) from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kandahl, Torolv 1899 births 1982 deaths People from Lyngdal Politicians from Aker Norwegian newspaper journalists Norwegian newspaper editors Aftenposten editors Buskerud politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians Chairs of the Association of Norwegian Editors