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Trygve Sverdrup
Personal details
Born (1886-07-22)22 July 1886
Christiania, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Parents Harald Ulrik Sverdrup
Occupation Naval officer
Politician

Trygve Sverdrup (born 22 July 1886) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.

He was born in Christiania to engineer Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and Ragna Valborg Dahl, and graduated as naval officer in 1908. He was elected representative to the Storting for the periods 1934–1936 and 1937–1945, for the Conservative Party. He was member of the municipal council of Tønsberg from 1923, and served as mayor 1936–1937.[1] He was decorated Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.[2]

References[]

  1. "Biografier 1905-1945. Trygve Sverdrup" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12880. Retrieved 1 November 2016. 
  2. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds (1948). "Sverdrup, Trygve" (in Norwegian). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 521. http://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0521.html. Retrieved 1 November 2016. 
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