Torkell Vinje 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 Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1925–1927.

On the local level he was a member of Skudenes

Skudenes

Skudenes is a former municipality of the traditional district of Haugaland in Rogaland county, Norway.The parish of Skudesnæs was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 ....

 municipal council from 1925 to 1934.

Born in Ullensvang

Ullensvang

Ullensvang is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the village of Kinsarvik....

, he was the son of former government minister Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje

Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje

Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre. A police officer by profession, he was Minister of Agriculture 1905-1906.-References:**...

(1851-1917) and his wife Borghild (1853-1908), née Fostvedt. Outside of politics, he worked mainly as the bailiff in Skudenes.