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Torolf Prytz<br />
1930-1934<br />
Mr. Torolf Prytz served as a member of the Standing Commission from October 1930 until<br />
October 1934. Before joining the Red Cross Movement, he was the Norwegian Minister for<br />
industrial Provisioning (1917-1918), as a politician representing the Liberal Party. From 1922<br />
until 1930, he was President of the Norwegian Red Cross. He also sat on the Board of the<br />
National Institute of Technology (1916-1935) and the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts<br />
(1929-1934). Prior to his political career, he was a goldsmith and led the goldsmith company<br />
J. Tostrup from 1890 to 1938, having inherited it from his grandfather-in-law. Mr. Prytz<br />
studied in Hannover, Germany to become an architect. He was made a Commander of the<br />
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Knight of the French Legion of Honour. He was born<br />
on December 26 th 1858 and died on June 16 th 1938. 13<br />
13 Standing Commission<br />
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