Gustav Smedal was a Norwegian jurist and irredentist activist.
10 Facts About Gustav Smedal
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Gustav Smedal was born in Kristiania to Prosecutor General and Minister Harald Smedal and Caroline Kirkgaard Hofgaard.
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Gustav Smedal graduated from the Vestheim school and studied law, obtaining a degree in 1913.
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Between 1923 and 1931 Smedal ran a law office in Stavanger.
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Gustav Smedal was known for his active support of the "Greenland case" led by Hallvard Devold, where Norway claimed parts of East Greenland.
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Gustav Smedal was a member of the Norwegian delegation at the hearing of the court in The Hague in 1933.
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Gustav Smedal claimed that the Kiel Treaty was unfair to Norway.
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Gustav Smedal, being economically independent, only accepted a position as honorary professor in 1943.
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Gustav Smedal published several articles and pamphlets to strengthen a Norwegian claim to Greenland, which in the meantime had been occupied by the United States.
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Gustav Smedal tried to persuade Reichskommissar Josef Terboven and others, but without success.