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Oscar Torp | |
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.jpg) Torp in April 1950 | |
| Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 19 November 1951 – 22 January 1955 | |
| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Preceded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Succeeded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| President of the Storting | |
| In office 24 January 1955 – 1 May 1958 | |
| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Vice President | Nils Langhelle |
| Preceded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Succeeded by | Nils Langhelle |
| County Governor of Vestfold | |
| In office 1 January 1948 – 1 May 1958 | |
| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen Himself Einar Gerhardsen |
| Preceded by | Johannes Gerckens Bassøe |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Dahl |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1 July 1939 – 20 March 1942 | |
| Prime Minister | Johan Nygaardsvold |
| Preceded by | Kornelius Bergsvik |
| Succeeded by | Paul Hartmann |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 March 1942 – 5 November 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Johan Nygaardsvold Einar Gerhardsen |
| Preceded by | Birger Ljungberg |
| Succeeded by | Jens Chr. Hauge |
| In office 20 December 1935 – 15 August 1936 Acting | |
| Prime Minister | Johan Nygaardsvold |
| Preceded by | Adolf Indrebø (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Monsen |
| Minister of Social Affairs | |
| In office 13 November 1936 – 1 July 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | Johan Nygaardsvold |
| Preceded by | Kornelius Bergsvik |
| Succeeded by | Sverre Støstad |
| Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction | |
| In office 25 June 1945 – 10 January 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Preceded by | Egil Offenberg |
| Succeeded by | Nils Hønsvald |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | |
Acting | |
| In office 2 June 1954 – 15 June 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Erik Brofoss |
| Succeeded by | Nils Langhelle |
| Mayor of Oslo | |
| In office 1 January 1936 – 13 November 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Trygve Nilsen |
| Succeeded by | Trygve Nilsen |
| In office 1 January 1935 – 20 March 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Eyvind Getz |
| Succeeded by | Trygve Nilsen |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 1923–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Emil Stang |
| Succeeded by | Einar Gerhardsen |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1937 – 1 May 1958 | |
| Deputy | Eugen Amandus Pettersen Carl Henry Gunvor Katharina Eker |
| Constituency | Oslo (1937–1949) Vestfold (1949–1958) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oscar Frederik Torp 8 June 1893 Skjeberg, Østfold, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 1 May 1958 (aged 64) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Kari Hansen |
| Profession | Civil servant Electrician |
Oscar Fredrik Torp (, 8 June 1893 – 1 May 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also the minister of social affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then the minister of finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed minister of defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became the minister of provisioning and reconstruction until 1948.
Hailing from Skjeberg, he was first elected to the Parliament of Norway representing Oslo in 1936, but did not take a seat in the Parliament until 1948. He then became the faction leader for the Labour Party in Parliament. He became the prime minister of Norway in 1951 when Einar Gerhardsen stepped down from this position; the move was reversed in 1955 when Torp became the president of the Storting. He held this position until his death.