Christian Stephansen Oftedal (14 January 1907 – 11 July 1955) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He is the son of

Lars Oftedal Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. Biography Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Ma ...

. He was born in Stavanger. He was elected to the

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from the

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in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. He was also a member of the executive committee of Stavanger municipality council in the period 1937–1940. He was editor-in-chief of ''

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'' from 1932 to 1940 and 1945 to 1955. In the period 1940–1945 he was under

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Zuchthaus imprisonment. He released a number of books about this and other issues. In addition he was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1945 and 1946–1948.

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* 1907 births 1955 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian writers Norwegian World War II memoirists Politicians from Stavanger Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub