Nils Handal

Nils Handal

Nils Kristoffer Handal (18 June 1906 – 28 December 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Career

He was born in Bergen as a son of custodian Ole Monsen Handal (1876–1963) and Martha Malene Sjursen (1875–1965). He enrolled as a student in 1926 and graduated as candidatus philologiæ in 1932. He worked as a substitute teacher at a school in Bergen from 1933 to 1934, then as teacher at Bergen Handelsgymnasium from 1935 to 1961.[1]

Handal became involved in local politics, and was Mayor of Bergen from 1945 to 1953. He was Norwegian Minister of Industry from 2 November 1953 to 22 January 1955 during Torp's Cabinet, and then Minister of Defence until 18 February 1961 during Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet. His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Oppland, which he held from 1961 to 1976.[1]

Handal became a member of the board of the Union of Norwegian Cities in 1946, and was a board member of Kommunale Kinomatografers Landsforbund from 1947 to 1954 and Kommunenes Filmcentral from 1947 to 1954. He was also a board member of Årdal og Sunndal Verk from 1947 to 1956, Det Norske Luftfartsselskap from 1949 to 1962 and Norges Statsbaner from 1951 to 1968. When he moved to Oppland, he became a board member of Opplandskraft in 1964, served as vice chair from 1976 and then chair from 1980. He headed Ridderrennet from 1962, and was involved in Beitostølen Helsesportsenter. He sat on the supervisory board of Aulestad from 1964 to 1976, and as a board member of De Sandvigske Samlinger. He was also a board member of Norsk institutt for sykehusforskning from 1970 to 1976.[1]

Handal was decorated as a Grand Knight of the Order of the Falcon in 1948 and Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1981. He died in December 1992.[1]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Asbjørn Stensaker
Mayor of Bergen
1945–1953
Succeeded by
Knut Tjønneland
Preceded by
Lars Evensen
Norwegian Minister of Industry
1953–1955
Succeeded by
Gustav Sjaastad
Preceded by
Kai Knudsen
Norwegian Minister of Defence
1955–1961
Succeeded by
Gudmund Harlem
Preceded by
Hans Gabrielsen
County Governor of Oppland
1961–1976
Succeeded by
Thorstein Treholt

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