Kristian Gleditsch

[3] He took his examen artium in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1919, enrolled at the Norwegian Institute of Technology and graduated as a civil engineer in 1923.

He worked for the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority (then known as Norges Geografiske Oppmåling) while studying, and when he returned to Norway in 1927 to work as a research assistant at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, he became a prominent member of the Student Society in Trondheim, Mot Dag and Clarté.

From 1938 to 1940 he worked for the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority (then known as Norges Geografiske Oppmåling) in Aker and Oslo.

[1] After the liberation of Norway in 1945, he was appointed director of the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, a position he held until 1971.

[1] A significant motivation for the project was to please the leftist opposition within the Labour Party in a time of NATO membership and increased spendings on defence.