Harald Torp

Harald Vincent Houge Torp (14 May 1890 – 1 December 1972) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 1937, was not re-elected in 1945 but returned for one term in 1954.

Torp was a member of the executive committee of Trondheim city council from 1931 to 1937 and 1947 to 1959.

degree in 1912, and was a journalist in Aftenposten 1914–1916 and 1919–1925 as well as Morgenbladet in 1917, and editor-in-chief of Lillehammer Tilskuer 1917–1919 and Adresseavisen 1927–1941 and 1945–1969.

He chaired the Conservative Press Association from 1935 to 1951, and was a board member of the Norwegian News Agency from 1951 to 1969.