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Oscar Torp

1893 - 1958

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Oscar Fredrik Torp (, 8 June 1893 – 1 May 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also the minister of social affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then the minister of finance from 1939 to 1942. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Torp is the 8,525th most popular politician (up from 14,442nd in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Norway (up from 314th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Norwegian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oscar Torp ranks 8,525 out of 19,576. Before him are Mazaeus, Lulach, Floris III, Count of Holland, Welf, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Pierre Nkurunziza. After him are Suleiman Frangieh, Gaeru of Baekje, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Oscar Torp ranks 99. Before him are Clark Ashton Smith, William Moulton Marston, Mina Witkojc, Alfréd Schaffer, Gillis Grafström, and Alois Hába. After him are Edsel Ford, Charlotte Bühler, Ivan Panfilov, Edna Parker, Alexander Korda, and Ernst Marischka. Among people deceased in 1958, Oscar Torp ranks 59. Before him are Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Franz Bardon, Peter Collins, Grigory Petrovsky, Ludwig Crüwell, and Douglas Mawson. After him are Ernest Jones, Rudolf Rocker, Viktor Schauberger, José Miaja, The Boswell Sisters, and Joseph Klausner.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Oscar Torp ranks 140 out of 1,039. Before him are Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Thorleif Haug (1894), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), John Lyng (1905), and Thorbjørn Egner (1912). After him are Kirsten Flagstad (1895), Hans Gude (1825), Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), Anathon Aall (1867), Mari Boine (1956), and Edvard Moser (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Norway

Among politicians born in Norway, Oscar Torp ranks 53. Before him are Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), Erna Solberg (1961), Kåre Willoch (1928), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Thorleif Haug (1894), and John Lyng (1905). After him are Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Wollert Konow (1845), Jan P. Syse (1930), and Einar Thambarskelfir (980).

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