12 December, 2022

Asbjørn Lindboe

Asbjørn Lindboe was a Norwegian politician of the Agrarian Party who served as Minister of Justice from 1931–1933 under prime ministers Peder Kolstad and Jens Hundseid. He later served as County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag from 1946–1959.

Lindboe was the son of Trondheim lawman and parliamentary representative Jacob Albert Lindboe (Liberal). He became an MSc. in 1914, and was a deputy clerk in Nordfjord 1914–1915, an attorney at Trondheim City Attorney General 1915–1919 and a private practice lawyer in Trondheim 1919–1931 (Supreme Court Attorney from 1925). He was then Minister of Justice in the Agrarian Party Governments of Kolstad and Hundseid from 1931 to 1933. From 1933 he was a magistrate in the Inderøy magistrate's office, a position he held until he was dismissed by the occupying authorities in 1943. On 23 November 1945, he was appointed County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag, and assumed office in 1946. He resigned after having reached the age limit in 1959, and move to Bærum.

Lindboe died on March 8, 1967.

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