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Herman Smitt Ingebretsen (6 March 1891 – 13 November 1961) was a Norwegian politician for the
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. He was the Secretary-General of the Conservative Party 1936–1940. He was born in
Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...
. During the
occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany 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 th ...
he was arrested in May 1943, and was incarcerated at Bredtveit concentration camp until 2 July 1943, then
Grini concentration camp '', '' no, Grini fangeleir'', location=Bærum, Viken, Norway, location map=Viken#Norway, built by=Norway, original use=Constructed as a women's prison, operated by=Nazi Germany, notable inmates= List of Grini prisoners, liberated by=Harry Söderm ...
until the occupation's end. He was elected to the
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from Akershus in 1945, and was re-elected from
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on two occasions. Smitt Ingebretsen was a member of the executive committee of Stavanger city council in the period 1934–1936.


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* 1891 births 1961 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Grini concentration camp survivors 20th-century Norwegian politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Aftenposten editors {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub