Tormod Kristoffer Hustad

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

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| image = File:Tormod Hustad Norwegian NS politician (detail from Riksarkivet photo 8612409665).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|02|15}}

| birth_place = Sandvollan, Norway

| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|08|19|1889|02|15}}

| death_place = Oslo, Norway

| resting_place = Ullern Cemetery, Oslo

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| party = Nasjonal Samling (1933–1945)

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| parents = Tørris Hustad

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| relations = Peder Konrad Hustad (brother)

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Tormod Kristoffer Hustad (15 February 1889 – 19 August 1973) was the Norwegian minister of agriculture in the 1940 pro-Nazi puppet government of Vidkun Quisling, provisional councilor of state for agriculture in the government appointed by Reichskommissar Josef Terboven in 1940, and minister of labour in the NS government 1942–1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/d2e8afecb1aba47bf48bb3cd246dd070?index=0#0 |title=Hustad, Tormod (Kristoffer) |accessdate=2008-08-29 |publisher=NorgesLexi.com |date= |language=Norwegian }}[http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/norway-at-war/ministries-1940---1945---under-german-oc.html?id=438672 Norwegian Government website] He was replaced by Hans Skarphagen in 1944.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Sørensen |first=Øystein |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 |title=Skarphagen, Hans |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor2-link=Guri Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor3-link=Berit Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor4-link=Nils Johan Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |editor5-link=Øystein Sørensen |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010113005006 |accessdate=17 April 2013 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 }} In the post-war legal purges he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment and forced labour.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Sørensen |first=Øystein |editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |pages=184–185 |title=Hustad, Tormod |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010113005006 |accessdate= |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |volume=|location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |language=Norwegian |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl}}

Hustad is also known as the designer of the NTH ring, having won an international design competition as an architecture student in 1914.{{Cite web |title=Slår ring om ringen |url=https://www.tekna.no/magasinet/slar-ring-om-ringen/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=www.tekna.no |language=nb}}

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