The Schei Committee ( Norwegian : Schei-komitéen ) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post- World War II .
13-456: It convened in 1946, and its formal name was Kommuneinndelingskomiteen av 1946 (The 1946 Committee on Municipal Division). Its more commonly used name derives from the committee leader, Nikolai Schei , who was County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane at the time. The committee concluded its work in 1962. By that time, it had published an eighteen-volume work called Kommuneinndelingskomitéens endelige tilråding om kommunedelingen . The findings of
26-654: A one-year study founded in the Folk high school tradition common to Scandinavian nations. The interdisciplinary programme is mainly based on social and humanistic sciences. Historical, holistic and ethical perspectives are encouraged. The main aim is to inspire independent thinking and reflection, as well as creativity, as a basis for active participation in society. All students attend classes in philosophy, international security politics and cultural history (art, literature, music) as well as their chosen programme. The students stay in dormitories on campus. The Nansen Academy initiated
39-510: Is a folk high school in Lillehammer , Norway . Nansen Academy was founded as a humanist and anti- totalitarian institution. The school was named after polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). His work embodied essential elements of humanism : active love of one's neighbour and freedom of thought. The school was established in 1938 by Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. (1894–1980) Bishop of
52-495: The Diocese of Hamar together with future Norwegian Resistance Movement members Anders Platou Wyller (1903-1940) and Henriette Bie Lorentzen (1911–2001). Its first school year started in 1939. It was closed and dissolved during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany , after only one year of existence. It resurfaced after the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II and re-opened in 1946. The Nansen Academy offers
65-619: The Norwegian Festival of Literature ( Norsk Litteraturfestival ) and the first national dialogues between religions in Norway. It organizes the yearly Olympic academies in cooperation with the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of sports . The Nansen Academy also organises a center working on dialogue in war zones and for peace education, Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue . The academy received
78-960: The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav , a Commander, First Class of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star , and a Knight, Grand Knight's Cross with Star (Commander with Star) of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon . He died in May 1985 in Førde. Nansen Academy The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy ( Norwegian : Nansenskolen – Norsk Humanistisk Akademi )
91-436: The committee were highly influential; it spurred a series of mergers of municipalities, especially during the 1960s, reducing the number of municipalities in Norway from 747 to 454. The number has since been reduced further, but not as rapidly as before. This Norwegian government -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nikolai Schei Nikolai Andreas Schei (9 May 1901 – 25 May 1985)
104-637: The leader of the Administrative Council , which was abolished in September 1940. In 1945, at the end of the war in Norway , Schei became acting Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction (so-called "chief officer" of the Ministry), waiting for the exile Nygaardsvold government to return. As the normal state of affairs in Norway resumed, Schei was appointed County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane . He sat until his retirement in 1971. He
117-460: The newly established Ministry of Provisioning . He was tasked to head the Directorate of Provisioning and Rationing. In 1940, when Germany invaded Norway as part of World War II and the royal family and government of Norway fled the country, Schei was specifically asked to stay in Norway, where he continued as director of provisioning and rationing until 1945. As a civil servant Schei
130-569: Was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He was born in Førde as the son of Per Schei (1872–1960) and Johanne Schei (1874–1963). He was a brother of Andreas Schei , and through him an uncle of Chief Justice Tore Schei . He took his examen artium in 1925, and took the cand.jur. degree in 1928. He also worked part-time as an assistant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police . He left in 1929,
143-463: Was a deputy judge in Sunnfjord for a short time before working for the counties of Møre og Romsdal from 1929 to 1931 and Oslo - Akershus from 1931 to 1934. In April 1933 he married Othilia Helberg Christensen (1901–1991), a daughter of Ingolf Elster Christensen . In 1934 he was appointed as inspector in a national arbitration institution, which was led by Carl Platou . In 1939 Schei was hired by
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#1732765530540156-526: Was also profiled nationally as chair of the so-called Schei Committee . The findings of the committee were highly influential; spurring a series of mergers and thus greatly reducing the number of municipalities in Norway . He was also a board member of the Directorate for Enemy Property , the industrial company Årdal Verk and the Nansen Academy , among others. He was a Commander with Star of
169-629: Was one of the many people who worked throughout the war without being favoured by the new Nazi authorities. In addition, Schei was involved in the Norwegian resistance movement , as a clandestine member of Hjemmefrontens Ledelse . He was imprisoned briefly in Akershus Fortress in 1944, and also survived an assassination attempt. Similarly, Carl Platou also continued in his position, but was eventually imprisoned for secret resistance work. His father-in-law Ingolf Elster Christensen came to be
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