Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen (11 April 1898 – 12 June 1983) was a Norwegian priest and government minister.

Biography

His father was Conrad Svendsen, Norway's first priest for the deaf. Conrad the son worked at his father's school for deaf at Nordstrand while studying theology at the university, and eventually took over his father's leadership of the school. During the

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, he helped organise the resistance, and had to flee to

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towards the end of the war. After the war,

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formed an interim

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lasting from 25 June till 5 November. Bonnevie-Svendsen was appointed consultative Minister of Education and Church Affairs, representing ''Hjemmefronten'' (the

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). He later helped found the organisation now known as

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. He became vice president of

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in 1949, and in 1952 he was made honorary doctor at the

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References

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