Nils Frøis Frøisland (4 February 1883 – 29 January 1930) was a Norwegian newspaper correspondent and editor. He was born in

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as a son of farmer and forest owner Nils Frøisland (1851–1932) and his wife Berthe Enger (1858–1924). He finished his secondary education in

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in 1900, and then attended the

Norwegian Military Academy The Norwegian Military Academy (), in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army and serves as the King's Royal Guard. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway. History The Commander- ...

for one year. He then enrolled at the

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and graduated with the

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degree in 1907. He contributed to the newspaper ''Fri Presse'' until it went defunct in 1908. He was hired by Amandus Schibsted as a journalist in ''

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''. He studied in France for some time, returning in 1911, but he was sent back as a correspondent in December 1913. He was especially active during the First World War, becoming a prolific war correspondent. He held two nationwide lecture tours on the war in 1915 and 1919, and issued the books ''Fra Paris og Frankriges front under krigen'' (1916) and ''Fortellinger fra fronten'' (1928). In 1919 he succeeded Ola Christofersen as co-editor-in-chief of ''Aftenposten''. He became sole editor in 1925 when Thorstein Diesen died. Frøisland became known for expanding the journalistic efforts of the newspaper, and starting the weekly ''

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''. In the

1927 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting. How ...

he was fielded as the second ballot candidate for the party National Legion, behind

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and ahead of

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and

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. In a press release, the National Legion (led by Meyer) stated that it had cherrypicked "strong" personalities to combat the hardships in Norwegian politics. Frøisland denounced the ballot in an ''Aftenposten'' piece, stating that himself, Aadahl and Bratlie were unwilling and unaware of the nomination. He stated that a vote for the National Legion would be a

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in the ongoing struggle against the "communists". However, according to Norwegian election law the people who were listed on the ballot had no legal grounds to avoid being nominated. The National Legion did not win any seats. In May 1919, Frøisland married the pianist Astrid Helene Fagstad (1885–1945). Frøisland died in January 1930 in Oslo.

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