Nils Langhelle

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Nils Langhelle

| image= 249px

| caption= Langhelle in 1947.

| office= President of the Storting

| term_start= 8 May 1958

| term_end= 30 September 1965

| primeminister= Einar Gerhardsen
John Lyng

| vicepresident= Nils Hønsvald
Alv Kjøs

| predecessor= Oscar Torp

| successor= Bernt Ingvaldsen

| office1= Vice President of the Storting

| term_start1= 8 October 1965

| term_end1= 28 August 1967

| president1= Bernt Ingvaldsen

| successor1= Leif Granli

| predecessor1= Alv Kjøs

| term_start2= 11 January 1957

| term_end2= 8 May 1958

| president2= Oscar Torp

| predecessor2= Johan Wiik

| successor2= Nils Hønsvald

| office3= Minister of Trade and Shipping

| term_start3= 15 June 1954

| term_end3= 22 January 1955

| primeminister3=Oscar Torp

| predecessor3=Oscar Torp {{Small|(acting)}}

| successor3= Arne Skaug

| office4=Minister of Defence

| term_start4= 5 January 1952

| term_end4= 14 June 1954

| primeminister4=Oscar Torp

| predecessor4= Jens Christian Hauge

| successor4= Kai Birger Knudsen

| office5= Minister of Transport and Communications

| primeminister5=Einar Gerhardsen
Oscar Torp

| term_start5= 22 February 1946

| term_end5= 5 January 1952

| predecessor5= Position established

| successor5= Jakob Martin Pettersen

| office6=Minister of Labour

| term_start6= 5 November 1945

| term_end6= 22 February 1946

| primeminister6=Einar Gerhardsen

| predecessor6= Johan S. Johansen

| successor6= Position abolished

| birth_date= {{birth date|1907|09|28|df=y}}

| birth_place= Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

| death_date= {{Death date and age|1967|08|28|1907|09|28|df=y}}

| death_place= Hol, Buskerud, Norway

| party= Labour

| spouse= Esther Engelsen

}}

Nils Langhelle (28 September 1907 – 28 August 1967) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Labour 1945–1946, Norway's first Minister of Transport and Communications 1946-1951 and 1951–1952, Minister of Defense 1952–1954, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1954-1955 and President of the Storting from 7 May 1958 to 30 September 1965.[http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Nils_Langhelle/utdypning Nils Langhelle] Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, via SNL, retrieved 7 April 2013 {{in lang|no}}

He was arrested on 29 January 1943 and imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from May to December 1943, then in Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II.{{cite book|editor=Ottosen, Kristian|editor-link=Kristian Ottosen|title=Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945|edition=2nd|year=2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-15-00288-9|page=428}}