Tønnes Madsson Andenæs (25 June 1923 – 22 February 1975) was aNorwegian jurist, book publisher and politician for theLabour Party.
He was born atInnvik Municipality inSogn og Fjordane county, Norway. he was a son of vicar Mads Olsen Andenæs (1855–1942) and his wife Signe Theoline Mydland (1883–1958). The family moved to Bærum when Tønnes Andenæs was two years old. He was a brother ofJohs. Andenæs,[1] and through him an uncle ofMads H. Andenæs.[2] His own sonMads T. Andenæs (born 1957) became a professor of law.
During theoccupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, young Andenæs became involved in theillegal press. He was arrested, but escaped vianeutral Sweden to the United Kingdom. He underwent pilot training inLittle Norway,[1] from 1944. After the war he was decorated with theDefence Medal 1940–1945.[3]
He enrolled at theUniversity of Oslo, and graduated with thecand.jur. degree in 1955. He finished lawyer training in 1958. At the same time he was the chief executive of a publishing company, Akademisk Forlag. In 1956 it changed its name toUniversitetsforlaget.[1] He remained here until his death.[3] He also wrote books himself. His 1949 releaseGrunnloven vår. Utgave for selvstudium about theConstitution of Norway has been reissued twelve times, the last in 1993, and has been translated to English (1951), French (1962) and German (1964).[1]
He was also involved in cultural work, chairing the Norwegian-Faroese friendship society from 1947 to 1959 and the Norwegian-Icelandic friendship society from 1960 to 1965. He was decorated with theOrder of the Falcon in 1965.[3]
Andenæs was a member of themunicipal council ofBærum Municipality from 1963 to 1971, and a member of the school board for the same period. From January to October 1965 he was a part ofGerhardsen's Fourth Cabinet, as aState Secretary in theMinistry of Church Affairs and Education. He also had a hiatus from 1967 to 1968, when he worked as an advisor at theMakerere University College. He was elected to theParliament of Norway from the constituencyAkershus in1969, and was re-elected in1973. He was a member of theStanding Committee on Transport during the first term, and then of theStanding Committee on Public Administration. He died midway in his last term,[3] in theTretten train disaster,[1] and was replaced withSvein Gunnar Morgenlien.[3]
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