Alv Kjøs

Alv Kjøs (4 June 1894 – 14 April 1990) was a Norwegian army officer and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Løiten,[1] the son of farmers Andreas Olsen Kjøs and Dina Baardsdatter.

[2] Having achieved his examen artium academic certification in 1914, he graduated from the upper section of the Norwegian Military Academy in 1917.

On the local level, Kjøs was a member of Løten municipal council from 1931 to 1945.

When officers were arrested as prisoners-of-war in 1942 during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Kjøs was imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from April.