About Anker Folkestad
Lived 1914 – 1989 (aged 75). Anker Folkestad was a Norwegian civil servant.
Anker Lyder Folkestad (31 July 1914 – 28 August 1989) was a Norwegian civil servant.
He was born in Ullern as a son of station manager Ole Folkestad (1875–1951) and Marianne Evensen (1878–1950), and younger brother of engineer Olav Georg Folkestad. In 1942 he married Ragnhild Charlotte Ajaxson. They resided in Bærum.
He finished secondary school in 1933 and also took Treider School in 1937. He was subsequently hired as a secretary at Treider School before studying law. He graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1945.
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Who was Anker Folkestad?
Norwegian civil servant (1914-1989)
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Anker Folkestad was born on 31 July 1914 in Ullern.
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Anker Folkestad died on 28 August 1989.
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Anker Folkestad was a civil servant.
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Anker Folkestad was Norwegian.
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