Background
Rolf Stranger was born in Kristiania.
Rolf Stranger was born in Kristiania.
He attended Saint Hans Haugen school and University of Oslo.
In 1914 he joined the family business Hanssen & Bergh A / South, where he was manager from 1917 to 1953. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp from November 1943 to May 1944. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo in 1945, and was re-elected on one occasion.
He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1931–1933, 1934–1936 and 1937–1945.
Stranger was a long-time member of Oslo city council, most notably serving as mayor in the periods 1940–1941, 1945, 1955–1959 and 1962–1963.