Nils Langhelle (28 September 1907 – 28 August 1967) was a
Norwegian politician
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for the
Labour Party and Minister of Labour 1945–1946, Norway's first Minister of Transport and Communications 1946-1951 and 1951–1952, Minister of Defense 1952–1954, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1954-1955 and
President of the Storting
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from 7 May 1958 to 30 September 1965.
He was arrested on 29 January 1943 and imprisoned in
Grini concentration camp
Grini prison camp (, ) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.
History
Grini was originally built as a women's prison, near an old croft ...
from May to December 1943, then in
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners t ...
until the end of World War II.
References
1907 births
1967 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
Ministers of trade and shipping of Norway
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Grini concentration camp survivors
Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors
Ministers of transport and communications of Norway
Presidents of the Storting
Vice presidents of the Storting
Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Ministers of defence of Norway
Members of the Storting 1965–1969
Members of the Storting 1961–1965
Members of the Storting 1958–1961
Members of the Storting 1954–1957
Members of the Storting 1950–1953
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