Ketil Skogen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ketil Skogen

Norwegian jurist and politician

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1884

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1970

Profession: politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ketil Skogen

  • Ketil Skogen (26 August 1884 – 21 March 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Saude. He was educated as jurist from the University of Oslo from 1909.
  • He was the first to write his exam in Norwegian language (nynorsk) which at that time were not allowed and paid a heavy price for that, but passed due to his brilliant performance.
  • He was prosecutor in the last impeachment case in Norway against the government of Berge in 1926.
  • He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1925, and served five terms in the position of deputy representative: 1919–1921, 1928–1930, 1931–1933, 1945–1949 and 1950–1953.
  • During his fourth and fifth terms as deputy representative he sat through parts of the term as a regular representative, replacing the deceased Margit SchiΓΈtt and Neri Valen respectively.
  • In his later years he was involved in writing the Norwegian Civil Code. Skogen was a member of Sauherad municipality council during the term 1910–1913, and was deputy mayor in 1919–1922.

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