 He also served in Trondheim city council from 1945 to 1951.Vogt continued as editor-in-chief of "Friheten" until 1967, except for a period between 1962 and 1965, when he was political secretary of the Communist Party.Vogt had moved back to his hometown Oslo, where he served as a deputy member of the city council from 1959 to 1963.