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Short biography Lange, Christian Lous 1869-1938 Teacher, Historian and Organiser in the peace movement. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1921 Labour Lange graduated in the humanities 1893, and got a Ph.D. in 1919. He was originally educated as a teacher in language (English and French), history and geography. Primarily because he spoke several languages fluently, he…

Short biography Lund, John Theodor 1842 – 1913 Customs officer and politician Liberal John Theodor Lund was strongly involved in local government in the city of Bergen for thirty years. He was a member of the Norwegian Storting in 1883-1885 and in 1892-1900. He served as President of the Lagting in 1893-1900. Lund was a…

Short biography Wikborg, Erling 1894 – 1992 Jurist and politician Christian People’s Party Erling Wikborg became barrister at the Supreme Court in Oslo in 1922. In 1945 he was elected to the Storting. He was a representative of the Christian People’s Party in 1945-1949 and in 1954-1961, the party’s chairman in 1952-1956. In 1963 (August…

Short biography Hanssen, Cornelius Bernhard 1864 – 1939 Teacher, shipowner and politician Liberal Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen worked as a teacher in 1883-1891. He then became editor and publisher of a local newspaper Agder. In 1898 he entered the shipping business and later became a wealthy shipowner. Hanssen was a member of the Storting in 1900-1915…

Short biography Langhelle, Nils 1907 – 1967 Politician Labour Nils Langhelle got his M.A. in 1934. He was a member of the city council of Bergen in the period in 1937-1947 and chairman of the local branch of the Labour Party in 1935-1945 and from 1960. Langhelle was a member of the Storting in 1950-1965,…

Short biography Steen, Johannes Vilhelm Christian 1827 – 1906 Educator and politician Liberal Johannes Vilhelm Christian Steen received his M.A. degree (Cand.Philol.) in 1848. From 1849 he worked as a teacher. He was headmaster at the Grammar School in Stavanger (southwestern Norway) in 1867-1891. Steen was elected chairman of the political organization, Arbeiderforeningen “The Workers’…

Short biography Smitt-Ingebretsen, Herman 1891 – 1961 Journalist and politician Conservative Herman Smitt-Ingebretsen graduated from high school in 1911. He studied political economy at the University of Oslo but left the University to work as a journalist on the conservative newspaper Morgenbladet. From 1916 to 1936 he held leading positions on other conservative newspapers: Aftenposten,…

Short biography Kristiansen, Kåre Gulbrand 1920-2005 Politician Christian people’s party Kåre Gulbrand Kristiansen entered NSB, the Norwegian State Railway Company in 1941 and became Railway Director from 1968. He was chairman of the youth organisation of the Christian People’s Party in 1953-1954, deputy chairman of the party 1961-1975, and chairman in 1975-1977 and again in…

Short biography Hovdhaugen, Einar 1908 – 1996 Farmer, writer and politician Center Party Einar Hovdhaugen was Secretary General of the Farmer’s Party (later renamed the Center Party) in 1946-1949. He was a member of the Storting in 1958-1969. Hovdhaugen was engaged in cultural affairs and was a member of several public commissions dealing with matters…

Short biography Løvland, Jørgen Gunnarsson 1848 – 1922 Customs officer, teacher, newspaper editor and politician Liberal Jørgen Løvland was Norwegian representative at the conference in Karlstad in 1905, which led to the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union. He was Norway’s first Foreign Minister in 1905-1908 and Prime Minister in 1907-1908. Løvland was member of the…