Karl Wilhelm Wefring

Karl Wilhelm Wefring (11 October 1867 – 28 September 1938) was a Norwegian physician and politician who served as Minister of Defence in the 1920s.

Karl Wilhelm Wefring
Minister of Defence
In office 5 March 1926 – 26 July 1926
Prime Minister	Ivar Lykke
Preceded by	Rolf Jacobsen
Succeeded by	Ingolf E. Christensen
In office 6 March 1923 – 25 July 1924
Prime Minister	Otto B. Halvorsen Abraham Berge
Preceded by	Ivar Aavatsmark
Succeeded by	Rolf Jacobsen
In office 21 June 1920 – 22 June 1921
Prime Minister	Otto B. Halvorsen
Preceded by	Ivar Aavatsmark
Succeeded by	Ivar Aavatsmark
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1925 – 31 December 1927
Constituency	Oslo
In office 1 January 1916 – 31 December 1918
Constituency	Søndre Hedemarken
Personal details
Born	(1867-10-11)11 October 1867 Fiskum, Buskerud, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	28 September 1938(1938-09-28) (aged 70) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Free-minded Liberal
Spouse	Johanne Christine Wefring
Children	Gunnar Wefring

Political career

Wefring was first elected to the Parliament of Norway as an independent for South Hedemark for the period 1916–1818. He was the Norwegian Minister of Defence 1920–1921, 1923-1924 and 1926. He served in the parliament for Oslo, representing the Liberal Left Party in the period 19125-1927 where he held the position as president of the Odelsting.^[1]

Professional career

Wefring became attending physician at the national institution with responsibility for the mental ill (Statens sinnssykevesen) in 1919. He was "medisinaldirektør" ("director of health") in Norway from 1927 to 1930, and director for the National Hospital from 1930 to 1937.^[1]