Ingvald Rastad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Ingvald Rastad
- Ingvald Aleksander Kristiansen Rastad (4 November 1891 – 1958) was a Norwegian typographer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of mason Carl Christiansen (1855–1922) and Stina Anderson (1856–1927).
- In his youth he was a "young socialist" (anarchist) and edited the monthly magazine Storm from 1907 to 1910.
- He took typographer training at Emil Moestue, and worked as such at the book printers Brøgger Boktrykkeri, Grøndahl Boktrykkeri, Steenske Boktrykkeri and Centraltrykkeriet.He was a member of Oslo city council from 1919 to 1934, the last four terms in the executive committee.
- He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in the 1924 election, and served one term in the Standing Committee on Social Affairs.He was a central board member of the Labour Party from 1918 to 1927.
- He was also a board member of Oslo Labour Party from 1918 to 1927, serving as secretary from 1920 to 1922 and chairman from 1924 to 1927.
- After a tenure with Amandus Holte as chairman, he had a second term as chairman from 1931 to 1933.Together with Sigrid Hilton he had the daughter Elsa Rastad BrĂĄten who later became a member of Parliament.
- He died in 1958; the main speaker at his funeral was then-Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen.
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