Lars Oftedal

Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. [1]

Lars Oftedal
Minister of Trade
In office
15 February 1928 – 12 May 1931
Prime MinisterJ. L. Mowinckel
Preceded byAnton L. Alvestad
Succeeded byPer Larssen
In office
20 October 1922 – 6 March 1923
Prime MinisterOtto Blehr
Preceded byJ. L. Mowinckel
Succeeded byJohan Rye Holmboe
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
25 July 1924 – 5 March 1926
Prime MinisterJ. L. Mowinckel
Preceded byOdd Klingenberg
Succeeded byPeter A. Morell
In office
22 June 1921 – 20 October 1922
Prime MinisterOtto Blehr
Preceded byOdd Klingenberg
Succeeded byRasmus Mortensen
Personal details
Born(1877-01-03)3 January 1877
Stavanger, Rogaland, Sweden-Norway
Died19 April 1932(1932-04-19) (aged 55)
Political partyLiberal
SpouseAlice Stephensen

Biography

Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Mathilde Ohlsen (1839–1931). His father was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and also served as a member of the Storting.

Oftedal attended Kongsgaard skole in Stavanger and took Cand. jur. in 1899. He was editor of Stavanger Aftenblad from 1900 to 1921. He served with the Stavanger city council from 1907 until 1921. From 1916 to 1918 he was deputy to the Storting and was elected as a permanent representative in 1922 and 1925. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1921-1922 and 1924-1926 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's First Cabinet. He served a Minister of Trade 1922-1923 and 1928-1931 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.[2] [3]

Personal life

He was married to Alice Stephansen (1877-1938). They were the parents of physician Sven Oftedal (1905–1948) and newspaper editor Christian S. Oftedal (1907–1955).[4][5]

References
  1. Sven Egil Omdal. "Lars Oftedal - 2". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. Øyvind Breivik Pettersen. "Stavanger Aftenblad". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. "Lars Oftedal". Norsk senter for forskningsdata AS. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  4. Knut Are Tvedt. "Sven Oftedal – lege". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  5. Olav Garvik. "Christian S. Oftedal". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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