Kjeld F. K. Stub (16 February 1868 – 6 January 1955) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Kjeld Fredrik Karl Stub was born at

Sigdal Sigdal is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway, County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss. The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see forman ...

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, Norway. He took the

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degree in 1892. He worked as a secretary for the

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Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

and

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for the

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in the Diocese of Kristiania Gustav Jensen (1845–1922). In 1912, he was hired as the priest at Garnisonskirken in Oslo (1899-1901) and of the garrison

Akershus Fortress Akershus Fortress (, ) or Akershus Castle ( ) is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city. Since the Middle Ages the fortress has been the namesake and centre of the ...

, where he remained until his retirement in 1938. He was also a chairman of the Norwegian Sunday School Association, and board member of the Norwegian Lutheran Inner Mission Society (''Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap''), the children's home Toftes gave and the society against cruelty to animals, Foreningen til Dyrenes Beskyttelse. Stub represented the Conservative Party in the city council. In 1933 he joined the new party

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and was a failed candidate in the

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, where he occupied the last ballot spot. In the

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he tried again, this time as the fourth candidate on the ballot behind

Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (; ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, Nazi collaborator who Quisling regime, headed the government of N ...

, H. Knutsen and

Øyvor Hansson Øyvor Hansson, née Styren (3 March 1893 – 1975) was a Norwegian politician for Nasjonal Samling. She co-founded the Nasjonal Samling's Women's Organisation. She started out as secretary under Marie Irgens before serving as leader from 1935 t ...

. He died in 1955 and was buried at

Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour () is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemi ...

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1898 births 1955 deaths People from Sigdal Norwegian priest-politicians Politicians from Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of Nasjonal Samling Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-politician-stub