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Norwegian newspaper editor

Thorvald Aadahl
Born	(1882-07-23)23 July 1882Rødenes, Norway
Died	26 March 1962(1962-03-26) (aged 79)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Newspaper editor, novelist, and playwright

Thorvald Aadahl (23 July 1882 – 26 March 1962) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, novelist, and playwright.

Born in Rødenes, he was chief editor of Nationen newspaper from 1913 to 1942 and chaired the Norwegian Press Association from 1931 to 1934.[1][2]

In the Norwegian parliamentary election of 1927 Aadahl was the third candidate on the list presented by the short-lived far-right National Legion, behind Karl Meyer (the party's leader) and Frøis Frøisland, and ahead of Jens Bratlie.[3] In a press release, the National Legion stated that it had deliberately chosen "strong" personalities able to withstand the rigours of Norwegian politics.[4]

Frøisland denounced the list in a piece he wrote in Aftenposten, stating that neither he, Aadahl, nor Bratlie were willing candidates; they had not even been aware of their nomination. He declared that a vote for the National Legion would be a wasted vote in the ongoing struggle against "the communists". Norwegian electoral law provided no legal grounds, however, for persons listed in the ballot to refuse their nomination.[5] In the event, the National Legion received only 1,210 votes nationwide and won no seats in parliament.[6]

1. ^ "Thorvald Aadahl". Store norske leksikon]editor=Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
2. ^ Rovde, Olav. "Thorvald Aadahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
3. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VIII. 69. Stortingsvalget 1927" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
4. ^ "Den Nationale Legions nye valgliste for Oslo". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 23 September 1927. p. 1.
5. ^ "Den Nationale Legions liste". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 24 September 1927. p. 4.
6. ^ Stortingsvalget 1927 (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 1928. p. 114.