Realph Norland

Realph Immanuel Ottesen Norland (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1963) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party, best known as editor-in-chief of Tønsbergs Blad.

Career He was born in Bergen to pharmacist J. Norland. His father and his brother, Andreas Norland , were both active in the Conservative Party. Norland took the examen artium in 1921 and the cand.jur. degree in 1925. In 1924 he was a board member of the Norwegian Students' Society, and in 1925 he chaired the Oslo Conservative Students' association.

He soon became involved in politics. From 1926 to 1932 he was a secretary in Fedrelandslaget. He then joined the Conservative Party, and was the secretary for its national board from 1933 to 1940. He became editor-in-chief of the party newspaper Tønsbergs Blad. He sat from 1945 to 1946 and from 1954 to his death. Mitsem became co-editor with Norland in 1954, and continued after Norland's death. Later political work included a seat in Tønsberg city council, which Norland held from 1955 to his death. From 1956 he was a member of the committee that wrote the Conservative Party national platform. Realph Norland died abruptly in October 1963, when his heart stopped.