Harald Houge Torp was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties

Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties

The Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county and Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county....

 in 1937, was not re-elected in 1945 but returend for one term in 1954.

Torp was a member of the executive committee of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 city council during the terms 1931–1934, 1934–1937, 1947–1951, 1951–1955 and 1955–1959.

In addition he worked in various newspapers. He was born in Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

 and graduated with the cand.oecon.

Cand.oecon.

Candidatus oeconomices or Candidata oeconomices , often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Danish and Norwegian universities. It is roughly equivalent to a Master of Economics, but it consists of 4+2 years, and was based on a four year cand.mag.. The degree was replaced...

 degree in 1912, and was a journalist in Aftenposten

Aftenposten

Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...

1914–1916 and 1919–1925 as well as Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet

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in 1917, and editor-in-chief of Lillehammer Tilskuer

Lillehammer Tilskuer

Lillehammer Tilskuer was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county.It was started in 1837 as Oplands-Tidende, changed its name to Lillehammer Tilskuer in 1841 and became affiliated with the Conservative Party...

1917–1919 and Adresseavisen

Adresseavisen

Adresseavisen is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. It is an independent, conservative newspaper with a daily circulation of approximately 85,000. It is also informally known as Adressa. The newspaper covers the areas of Trøndelag and Nordmøre.Adresseavisen...

1927–1941 and 1945–1969. He chaired Den konservative presses forening from 1935 to 1951, and was a member of the board of Norsk Telegrambyrå from 1951 to 1969.