Karl Wilhelm Wefring Explained

Office:Minister of Defence
Term Start:5 March 1926
Term End:26 July 1926
Primeminister:Ivar Lykke
Predecessor:Rolf Jacobsen
Successor:Ingolf E. Christensen
Term Start2:6 March 1923
Term End2:25 July 1924
Primeminister2:Otto B. Halvorsen
Abraham Berge
Predecessor2:Ivar Aavatsmark
Successor2:Rolf Jacobsen
Term Start3:21 June 1920
Term End3:22 June 1921
Primeminister3:Otto B. Halvorsen
Predecessor3:Ivar Aavatsmark
Successor3:Ivar Aavatsmark
Office4:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start4:1 January 1925
Term End4:31 December 1927
Constituency4:Oslo
Term Start5:1 January 1916
Term End5:31 December 1918
Constituency5:Søndre Hedemarken
Birth Date:11 October 1867
Birth Place:Fiskum, Buskerud, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Spouse:Johanne Christine Wefring
Children:Gunnar Wefring
Party:Free-minded Liberal

Karl Wilhelm Wefring (11 October 1867 – 28 September 1938) was a Norwegian physician and politician who served as Minister of Defence in the 1920s.

Political career

Wefring was first elected to the Parliament of Norway as an independent for South Hedemark for the period 1916–1818. He was the Norwegian Minister of Defence 1920–1921, 1923-1924 and 1926. He served in the parliament for Oslo, representing the Liberal Left Party in the period 19125-1927 where he held the position as president of the Odelsting.[1]

Professional career

Wefring became attending physician at the national institution with responsibility for the mental ill (Statens sinnssykevesen) in 1919. He was "medisinaldirektør" ("director of health") in Norway from 1927 to 1930, and director for the National Hospital from 1930 to 1937.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://snl.no/Karl_Wilhelm_Wefring Karl Wilhelm Wefring