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Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst

Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst

Norwegian politician

Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst (9 August 1888 – 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. [1]

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Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was born at Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. A lawyer by profession,[2] he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defence in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928–1931.[3] Anderssen-Rysst later worked as a tax collector in Ålesund,[3] and served as ambassador to Iceland, remaining in that post until his death.[4] He was also a reserve officer (Norwegian: vernepliktig officer) in the Norwegian Army.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Knut Dørum. "Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. [2]
    Piers Ludlow; Michael Partridge; Paul Preston (2006). Germany, France and Western Europe, 1951. LexisNexis. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-88692-724-0.
  3. [3]
    Petersen, Alf (1936). "Anderssen-Rysst, Torgeir". Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864-1933 (in Norwegian). Oslo: A. M. Hanche. p. 54.
  4. [4]
    Ársrit Skógræktarfélags Íslands. Félagið. 1975. p. 27.


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