Birger Braadland (26 January 1879 in Idd,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

– 15 January 1966 in Idd, Norway) was a Norwegian politician for the Agrarian Party. He served as foreign minister from 1931 to 1933.

Life

He started his career as a professional officer, but retired from the army in 1919 to become a forester. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Kolstad

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of 1931-1932 and the Hundseid

of 1932–1933. Towards the end of the Kolstad cabinet, he was briefly also acting prime minister in 1932. Though his tenure was brief, he was forced to deal with a dispute with

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over

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. He was also a marked opponent of fellow cabinet member Vidkun Quisling. After the fall of the government, Braadland became a member of the Norwegian

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. He sat for Østfold from 1934 to 1936, and as deputy representative from 1937 to 1945. He also served on the

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from 1938 to 1948. His son

Erik Braadland Erik Braadland (21 November 1910 – 14 July 1988) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Idd as a son of former Parliament member Birger Braadland (1879–1966) and Ragna Abigael Vogt Stang (1881–1972). ...

later became a member of Parliament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braadland, Birger 1879 births 1966 deaths Government ministers of Norway Foreign Ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians People from Halden