 Torp akanga ari nhengo Sarpsborg kanzuru yeguta kubva 1919 kusvika 1923 uye mutevedzeri nhengo Aker matunhu kanzuru kubva 1925 kusvika 1928 apo iye muna 1930 akatamira Oslo. Akashanda semukuru weguta muna 1935 na1936, uye akasarudzwa kuParamende yeNorway musarudzo dzeparamende dzeNorway dza1936. Panguva iyoyo akanga atova mutevedzeri wegurukota rezvekudzivirirwa muNygaardsvolds Cabinet, achizadza Fredrik Monsen uyo akanga achirwara. Ipapo akanga ari Gurukota rezvemagariro evanhu kubva munaNovember 1936 kusvika munaJuly 1939, uye Gurukota rezvemari kubva munaJuly 1939 kusvika munaMarch 1942. Muna April 1940 Norway yakanga yapinzwa neGermany yeNazi, uye Torp akanga ane mutoro wokutanga kutiza kwakabudirira kweNorwegian National Treasury. Pashure pokutarira kuvamba kwendiza, akatiza pamwe chete navamwe vose veKabineti yaNygaardsvold. MuAndalsnes akakuvadzwa mutsoka mukati mekurwiswa nendege dzeGermany. Hurumende pakupedzisira yakasvika kuTromsø uko vakakwira chikepe vachienda kuEngland, kwavakagara kusvikira hondo yapera. Torp akanga ari mutevedzeri wegurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kubva munaNovember 1941 kusvika munaFebruary 1942, uyezve gurukota rinogara riripo rezvekudzivirirwa kubva munaKurume 1942 kusvika munaNovember 1945, muNygaardsvolds uye Gerhardsens First Cabinet. Torp aimbova antimilitarist, uye akaiswa mujeri kwemwedzi mishanu muna 1924 paakadaidzira kurova kwemauto, asi akasiya pfungwa iyi kubva pakati pemakore ekuma1930. 