Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst

Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst (9 August 1888 – 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. ^[1]

Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst
Minister of Defence
In office 15 February 1928 – 12 May 1931
Prime Minister	Johan L. Mowinckel
Preceded by	Fredrik Monsen
Succeeded by	Vidkun Quisling
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1925 – 4 December 1945
Constituency	Møre og Romsdal
Personal details
Born	(1888-08-09)9 August 1888 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Sweden-Norway
Died	1958 (aged 69–70)
Political party	Liberal

Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was born at Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. A lawyer by profession,^[2] he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defence in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928–1931.^[3] Anderssen-Rysst later worked as a tax collector in Ålesund,^[3] and served as ambassador to Iceland, remaining in that post until his death.^[4] He was also a reserve officer (Norwegian: vernepliktig officer) in the Norwegian Army.^[3]

References

1. Knut Dørum. "Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
2. Piers Ludlow; Michael Partridge; Paul Preston (2006). Germany, France and Western Europe, 1951. LexisNexis. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-88692-724-0.
3. Petersen, Alf (1936). "Anderssen-Rysst, Torgeir". Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864-1933 (in Norwegian). Oslo: A. M. Hanche. p. 54.
4. Ársrit Skógræktarfélags Íslands. Félagið. 1975. p. 27.

External links

• "Governments 1905 – 1940". Government.no. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
• "Makthavernes bruk av psykiatrien i Norge" (in Norwegian). Norsk Antipsykiatri. 2000. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2007-09-20.