Oskar Skogly was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.
10 Facts About Oskar Skogly
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Oskar Skogly was born in Faberg as a son of mason and smallholder Ole Havemoen and housewife Anna Mathisen.
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Oskar Skogly took education as a painter, but made a career as a trade unionist in the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers, where he was a national board member from 1933 to 1940 and 1945 to 1974.
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Oskar Skogly became a board member of the local Workers' Youth League chapter already in 1923, and remained so until 1932, chairing the chapter from 1924 to 1925 and 1928 to 1930.
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Oskar Skogly served as deputy mayor of Faberg from 1937 to 1945, except for the years 1941 to 1945 during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
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Oskar Skogly was a member of the school board from 1946 to 1957, as well as many other public committees.
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Oskar Skogly was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Oppland in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions, the last term ending in 1969.
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From 1965 to 1969 Skogly served as the Vice President of the Odelsting.
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Oskar Skogly was a member of Lillehammer city council from 1963 to 1971 and 1975 to 1979.
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Oskar Skogly served as a deputy board member of Opplandskraft from 1953 to 1961, board member of the Norwegian Federation of Co-operative Housing Associations, corporate council member in Norsk Jernverk from 1970 to 1978, and board chairman of Hunderfossen interkommunale kraftselskap from 1946 to 1976, Dagningen from 1955 to 1956 and the Norwegian State Housing Bank from 1966 to 1978.