Thoralf Johannes Irgens Evje (8 December 1902 – 4 September 1976) was a Norwegian judge, civil servant and politician for the
Labour Party.
He was born in
Vestre Aker
Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020.
The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.
The borough of Vestre Aker was org ...
to priest Hans Odén Evje and Anna Sofie Elle,
finished his secondary education in 1922 and graduated as
cand.jur.
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The de ...
in 1926.
He served as
State Conciliator of Norway The National Mediator of Norway (, until 2012 ''Riksmeklingsmannen'') is a mediator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when creation or revision of collective agreement, tariff agreements is disagreed upon.
It was ...
from 1954 to 1964.
From 1965 to 1970 he was appointed stipendiary magistrate of Oslo.
[ His published works include (jointly with Paal Berg) ''Kommentar til Arbeidstvistloven'' and ''Tjenestetvistloven''.][
During the ]German occupation of Norway
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...
, Evje was incarcerated by the occupants, at Bredtvedt, Møllergata 19 and Grini
Grini is a district in northeastern Bærum, Norway.
Concentration camp
The name Grini is best known from the concentration camp of the same name, but this camp lay further west and had no actual connection to the Grini area.
History
The name ...
, and sent to the 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 ...
in July 1943.
After six years in Notodden
is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...
Evje settled in Bærum
Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...
in 1935 and represented the Labour Party in Bærum School Board from 1939 to 1954 and Bærum municipal council
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from 1946 to 1952. From 1946 to 1947 he also served as deputy mayor under Leif Larsen
Leif Andreas Larsen Distinguished Service Order, DSO, Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC, Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, CGM, Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom), DSM and Bar (9 January 1906 – 12 October 1990), popularly ...
.[ Evje died in September 1976.Digitalarkivet]
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References
1902 births
1976 deaths
Judges from Oslo
Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Bærum politicians
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