Tor Vangen Skjønsberg was a Norwegian resistance leader, by education he was a lawyer.

In 1941 Tor Skjønsberg called for a meeting "Grimelundsmøtet" which is considered the start of organized resistance in Norway.

Skjønsberg was the de facto leader of the resistance movement in Norway

Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:...

 until he had to flee the country in November 1944. After Skjønsberg fled, Jens Christian Hauge

Jens Christian Hauge

Jens Christian Hauge , often written Jens Chr. Hauge, was a Norwegian World War II resistance figure and politician who was the leader of the secret military organization Milorg during WWII...

 became the leader of the resistance movement, although at this point it was evident that total surrender of the Nazi-German regime was only months away.

After the liberation, Skjønsberg served as Minister of Shipping from 22 June to 1 November 1945, in the interim government of Einar Gerhardsen.