Torolv Kandahl

Torolv Kandahl (17 August 1899 – 5 March 1982) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and Member of Parliament with the Conservative Party.

From 1942-45, he was the head of the Norwegian Government's information office in New York City.

Kandahl was chairman of the Norwegian Editorial Society 1950-56 and from 1961-63 he was a board member of the International Press Institute in Zurich.

[3] Kandahl was a member of Aker municipality council from 1934 to 1939, and then served as deputy mayor in the period 1939–1940.

Kandahl was nominated as a knight of the 1st grade of Order of St. Olav in 1960, and was awarded the Command Cross in 1975.