Harald Vincent Houge Torp (14 May 1890 – 1 December 1972) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the

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from the

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in 1937, was not re-elected in 1945 but returned for one term in 1954. Torp was a member of the executive committee of

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city council from 1931 to 1937 and 1947 to 1959. In addition he worked in various newspapers. He was born in

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and graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1912, and was a journalist in 1914–1916 and 1919–1925 as well as ''

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'' in 1917, and editor-in-chief of ''

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'' 1917–1919 and 1927–1941 and 1945–1969. He chaired the

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from 1935 to 1951, and was a board member of the

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from 1951 to 1969.

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1890 births 1972 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Trondheim Norwegian newspaper editors People from Lillehammer Members of the Storting 1936–1945 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub