Andreas Baalsrud (5 March 1872 – 23 January 1961) was a Norwegian civil engineer. He was born at

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, Norway. He took his education at the Christiania Technical School and Zurich Polytechnicum. He was hired by the

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in 1891, and worked as district engineer in

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from 1912 to 1919. From 1919 to 1945 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads. Baalsrud married to Christine Andrea Christofersen (1878–1956). They were the parents of newspaper editor Terje Baalsrud (1914-2003).

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1872 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Norwegian engineers Directors of government agencies of Norway University of Oslo alumni People from Larvik Directorate of Public Roads people {{Norway-road-stub