Ingvald Godal

Ingvald Godal (26 October 1934 – 28 January 2019)

From 1960 to 1965 he worked for the Ministry of Works in the Northern Region, at that time a federal division of Nigeria, and from 1965 to 1969 he worked for Norconsult in Uganda and other countries. From 1969 to 1970 he worked with civil relief during the Nigerian Civil War. He then spent one year in Asplan before settling in Vinje, Telemark to run a private business. Ultimately, from 1982 to 1985, he was chief administrative officer in Vinje municipality.

He published several non-fiction books about different countries.

Godal was decorated Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania in 2012.

In January 2015, he participated in the first Pegida march in Oslo, stating that Norway was "flooded" by Muslim immigrants.

He died on 28 January 2019 at the age of 84.

Selected works