Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup (26 April 1885 – 25 January 1955) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer and politician for the Conservative Party. He edited the newspaper ''

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'' for ten years, wrote a biography of sculptor

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, and wrote a book on the 1940

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Career

After graduating as

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in 1908, Lødrup worked for the newspaper ''

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'' from 1909 to 1911. He edited the periodical ''Riksmaalsbladet'' from 1912 to 1916, was a journalist in ''

Aftenposten (; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ...

'' for many years, and edited the newspaper ''

'' from 1930 to 1940. Among his publications is a biography of

from 1944, and the book ''Vinjesvingen'' from 1945, treating the

and the Norwegian Campaign in

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in 1940. He was a member of the

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City Council from 1926 to 1930, and was elected deputy member of the

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for the period 1945 to 1949, representing the

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. He met during 10 days of parliamentary session. He was a board member of the

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, and chairman of Lillehammer branch of the

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Personal life

Lødrup was born in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

on 26 April 1885. He was a son of principal Theodor Henrik Lødrup and Elisabeth Concordia Hansen. He married Cecilie Catharina Andresen in 1926; and was thus a brother-in-law of factory owner Johan H. Andresen, who was member of the

1928–1933 and chairman of the Conservative Party 1934–1937. Lødrup died on 25 January 1955.

References

1885 births 1955 deaths People from Skien Norwegian newspaper editors Aftenposten people Norwegian non-fiction writers Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Deputy members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian non-fiction writers {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub