Tor Oftedal (born 14 January 1925 in

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, died 5 October 1980) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. During the third term he died and was replaced by Aase Moløkken. The son of newspaper editor Tjøl Oftedal, he started his career as a journalist, and later became editor-in-chief of ''

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'' 1951-1952 and ''

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'' 1964–1969. He was the Auditor General of Norway from 1978 to his death. He was also deputy board chairman of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1971 to 1972 and member of the council of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1974 to 1978.

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* 1925 births 1980 deaths People from Sandnes Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Buskerud politicians Politicians from Drammen Norwegian newspaper editors Auditors general of Norway 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub