Einar Hoffstad (4 September 1894 – 25 July 1959) was a Norwegian encyclopedist, newspaper editor, writer and economist.
[2] Having finished his secondary education in 1913, Einar Hoffstad enrolled at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, where he studied until 1916.
[8] He stated that every society ought to "grant great freedom to commerce",[9] and that inequality was "the condition for economic growth and creation of the necessities of life".
[9][10] Hoffstad was also vocal against parliamentary democracy,[11] as he considered human beings "undemocratic from birth", maintaining they had an "instinctive need for a dictator".
[9] In the autumn of 1940, he encouraged entrepreneurs and business people of Norway to vote for the fascist party Nasjonal Samling ("National Rally"), which he had joined on 25 September.
[9][14] Hoffstad also welcomed the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War, stating that "Hitler's purpose is to create a new and happy Europe".