Ragnar Skancke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ragnar Skancke

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1890

Place of Birth: Ås, Akershus, Norway

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1948

Profession: engineer, politician, professor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ragnar Sigvald Skancke (9 November 1890 – 28 August 1948) was the Norwegian Minister of Labour (appointed, but never accepted the position) and Minister for Church and Educational Affairs in Vidkun Quisling's government of the Nasjonal Samling party during World War II. Before the war, Skancke was a highly respected professor of electrical engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.