Lars Oftedal
Minister of Trade
In office 15 February 1928 – 12 May 1931
Prime Minister	J. L. Mowinckel
Preceded by	Anton L. Alvestad
Succeeded by	Per Larssen
In office 20 October 1922 – 6 March 1923
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr
Preceded by	J. L. Mowinckel
Succeeded by	Johan Rye Holmboe
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 25 July 1924 – 5 March 1926
Prime Minister	J. L. Mowinckel
Preceded by	Odd Klingenberg
Succeeded by	Peter A. Morell
In office 22 June 1921 – 20 October 1922
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr
Preceded by	Odd Klingenberg
Succeeded by	Rasmus Mortensen
Personal details
Born	(1877-01-03)3 January 1877 Stavanger, Rogaland, Sweden-Norway
Died	19 April 1932(1932-04-19) (aged 55)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Alice Stephensen

Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. ^[1]

Biography

Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Mathilde Ohlsen (1839–1931). His father was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and also served as a member of the Storting.

Oftedal attended Kongsgaard skole in Stavanger and took Cand. jur. in 1899. He was editor of Stavanger Aftenblad from 1900 to 1921. He served with the Stavanger city council from 1907 until 1921. From 1916 to 1918 he was deputy to the Storting and was elected as a permanent representative in 1922 and 1925. He was Minister of Social Affairs 1921-1922 and 1924-1926 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's First Cabinet. He served a Minister of Trade 1922-1923 and 1928-1931 in Prime Minister Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

He was married to Alice Stephansen (1877-1938). They were the parents of physician Sven Oftedal (1905–1948) and newspaper editor Christian S. Oftedal (1907–1955).^[4][5]