Ingvald Godal
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Ingvald Godal | |
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| Born | 26 October 1934 |
| Died | 28 January 2019 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and politician |
| Relatives | Tord Godal (uncle) Johan Bojer (grandfather) Odd, Johan and Irja (children) |
| Awards | Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania |
Ingvald Godal (26 October 1934 – 28 January 2019)[1] was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party and later the Conservative Party. For the former party he was a State Secretary as well as mayor of Vinje; for the latter party he served four terms in the Norwegian Parliament. He was also involved in various organizations, most latterly the Norwegian Support Committee for Chechnya.
Born in Aker as the son of a vicar and a teacher, he took his secondary education at Hamar Cathedral School in 1953. He spent one year in the His Majesty The King's Guard before enrolling in higher education. In 1959 he graduated from the Heriot-Watt University as an engineer. During his time here, he had chaired the British chapter of the Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad from 1957 to 1959.[1]
From 1960 to 1965 he worked for the Ministry of Works in the Northern Region, at that time a federal division of Nigeria, and from 1965 to 1969 he worked for Norconsult in Uganda and other countries. From 1969 to 1970 he worked with civil relief during the Nigerian Civil War. He then spent one year in Asplan before settling in Vinje, Telemark to run a private business. Ultimately, from 1982 to 1985, he was chief administrative officer in Vinje municipality.[1]
