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About Sverre J. Herstad
- Sverre Johannes Herstad (24 April 1905 – 29 August 1999) was a Norwegian journalist and politician. He was born in Trondhjem as a son of police officer Sivert Herstad (1864–1950) and Jonetta Andersson (1864–1942).
- In 1936 he married Hjørdis Selboe.He finished his secondary education in 1925 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.oecon.
- degree in 1928.
- He became a journalist in the same year, in the Liberal newspaper Nidaros.
- He moved to Adresseavisen in 1930 and advanced to editor in 1936.
- He remained here until his retirement in 1975.Herstad was arrested several times during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
- He was imprisoned in Falstad concentration camp from March to June 1942, and from October to December 1942.
- He was later arrested in October 1944, and placed in Vollan concentration camp.
- After less than two weeks he was transferred to Berg concentration camp until the war's end.
- After the war he issued the book about Berg, titled Quislings hønsegård, together with Carl Haave.Herstad was a vice chairman of the Student Society in Trondheim (without actually studying in the city).
- In the press, he was a national board member of the Norwegian Press Association and chaired the Trøndelag branch.
- Herstad was a motor and transport journalist, under the pseudonym "Mr.
- Clutch", and in the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club he was a member of the national board and chaired the supervisory council.
- He received the honorary token of the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club as well as the Norwegian Automobile Federation and the Norwegian Council for Road Safety.
- He also chaired the supervisory council of Strinden Sparebank (later Sparebanken Midt-Norge).
- He was elected to the executive committee of Strinda municipal council, later Trondheim city council after the municipal merger, as well as Sør-Trøndelag county council.
- He was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold.He resided in Singsaker.
- He died in August 1999, aged 94.
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