Olaf Aarvold (3 February 1899,

Gjerpen Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway. Location The parish of Gjerpen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census t ...

- 3 August 1991) was a Norwegian priest and politician for the

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. He graduated from upper secondary school in 1922, and worked as a teacher in Larvik from 1923 to 1925. In 1929 he graduated with the cand.theol. degree from the

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. He worked as a priest in

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1930, Rouen 1935 and Antwerp 1936. In 1940 he returned to Norway as

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Tysnes Tysnes () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of Våge and Onarhei ...

. Having been imprisoned by the

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from 1943 to 1945, first in

Espeland concentration camp Espeland detention camp (Norwegian: ''Espeland fangeleir'', German: ''Polizeihäftlingslager Espeland'') was an internment camp opened in 1943 by Nazi Germany in occupied Norway next to the village of Espeland in the borough of Arna, Bergen. Bui ...

from September 1943 to January 1944 and 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 war's end, he moved on to become chaplain in

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in 1946. He was appointed vicar in

Eidanger Eidanger is a rural parish and former municipality of Porsgrunn, in Telemark County, Norway. History Eidanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with Porsgrunn on 1 January 1964. The mai ...

in 1957.''Eidanger prestegård'', by Per Chr. Nagell Svendsen
He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

during the terms 1950–1953, 1954–1957, and 1958–1961. He met during 35 days of parliamentary session. On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of

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from 1960 to 1963. In 1930 he married Gudrun Johansen; the couple had three children.

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1899 births 1991 deaths Politicians from Skien Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Politicians from Bergen Norwegian Lutherans Norwegian priests Lutheran chaplains MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni Norwegian resistance members Espeland concentration camp prisoners Grini concentration camp survivors Politicians from Porsgrunn 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub