Christian Theodor Holtfodt
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Christian Theodor Holtfodt (17 October 1863 - 24 February 1930) was a Norwegian
officer and a politician for the Liberal Party
. He was Minister of Defense
1914-1919. He was said to be "Norway's most independent man", and fought for a strong defence to protect Norwegian neutrality.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
officer and a politician for the Liberal Party
Venstre (Norway)
The Liberal Party is a centrist liberal political party in Norway. The party is the oldest in the country, and has enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage and free education. Since 2010, the leader of the party is Trine Skei Grande...
. He was Minister of Defense
Minister of Defence (Norway)
The Norwegian Minister of Defence is a Councillor of the Council of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the position has existed since the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of the Navy was combined into the Minister of Defence...
1914-1919. He was said to be "Norway's most independent man", and fought for a strong defence to protect Norwegian neutrality.