Ragnar Skancke
| Ragnar Sigvald Skancke | |
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| Minister for Church and Educational Affairs | |
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In office 1 February 1942 – 8 May 1945 |
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| Minister for Church and Educational Affairs | |
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In office 25 September 1941 – 1 February 1942 |
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| Provisional NS Councillor of State for Church and Educational Affairs | |
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In office 25 September 1940 – 25 September 1941 |
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| Minister of Labour (did not take office) | |
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In office 9 April 1940 – 15 April 1940 |
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| Born |
9 November 1890 Ås, Norway |
| Died | 28 August 1948 (aged 57) Akershus Fortress |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Nasjonal Samling |
| Profession | Professor of electrical engineering |
| Information on Skancke's political positions acquired at | |
Ragnar Sigvald Skancke (9 November 1890 – 28 August 1948) was the Norwegian Minister of Labour (appointed, but never accepted the position) and Minister for Church and Educational Affairs in Vidkun Quisling's government of the Nasjonal Samling party during World War II.
Before the war, Skancke was a highly respected professor of electrical engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
Skancke was born in Ås, Norway, the son of bank director Johan Skancke and Kari Busvold. In 1908 he became a student, and in 1913 gained a Bachelor of Engineering in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Skancke worked as a docent at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim in the period 1913 to 1918, then spending the next five years as an supervising engineer at the telecommunication company Elektrisk Bureau. From 1923 onwards, Skancke was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He married Ingrid Aas (br. 1888) in 1927.
The first political position given to Professor Skancke was that of Minister of Labour in Vidkun Quisling April 1940 "coup" government, the latter's attempt at seizing power in Norway following the German invasion of 9 April. Skancke, at time in Trondheim, only heard of his appointment when it was announced on the radio and reacted with opposition to Quisling's attempt to form a government, refusing to assume the ministry allotted to him.
Reichskommissar Josef Terboven, the leading civilian German leader in occupied Norway, on 25 September 1940 appointed a council of Norwegian ministers to assist him in governing Norway. Skancke was appointed as Councillor of State for Church and Educational Affairs, and was given the title Minister for Church and Educational Affairs exactly a year later.
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