Arne Askildsen (25 August 1898 – 12 July 1982) was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as a son of Albert Askildsen (1860–1947) and Oline Gunhilde Paulsen (1865–1922). He took commerce school in 1916. From 1914 he worked as an office clerk in

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, before being hired as bailiff of

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and

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in 1928. He remained in this position until 1968, except for the years during the

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. He was imprisoned in Arkivet from 25 February to 6 March 1942, then a second time from 20 June 1944. He managed to escape from prison on 20 July 1944. He worked at the

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from 1944 to 1945. Two of his sons were held captive in

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. Askildsen was a member of Mandal school board from 1936 to 1940 and 1947 to 1951. He was a member of the city council from 1936 to 1940, 1945 to 1947 and 1951 to 1963. In

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he was elected to the

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from Vest-Agder, and sat through one term. He was also a board member of the

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from 1939 to 1955 and 1958 to 1964. Together with Aasta Håverstad (1898–1978) he had the son Kjell Askildsen, born 1929, a noted writer. He was decorated as a Knight of the

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in 1937.

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1898 births 1982 deaths Politicians from Kristiansand People from Mandal, Norway Norwegian resistance members Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Vest-Agder politicians Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Lutherans Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub