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Short biography Koht, Halvdan 1873 – 1965 Historian and politician Labour Koht was originally a Liberal, becoming more radical during the 1890s. From 1896 he regarded himself as a socialist and became affiliated with the Labour Party. However, he did not officially become a party member until 1911. He soon became engaged in the local…

Short biography Kvanmo, Hanna Kristine 1926 – 2005 Politician Socialist left party As a young woman Hanna Kristine Kvanmo had various occupations. She worked as a teacher in 1962-1973. In the period 1967-1975 she was actively engaged in local politics in Rana (a community in northern Norway). She was a member of the Storting in…

Short biography Berge, Gunnar 1940 – Politician Labour Gunnar Berge was an industrial worker between 1957-1966 and early on became engaged in the local branch of the Labour Party in Rogaland. From 1967 until 1993 he was fully occupied with politics. He was a member of the Storting in 1969-1993 and a prominent Labour spokesman,…

Short biography Sandegren, Kaare 1929 – Trade union official Labour party Kaare Sandegren got his M.A. in 1953 after having studied at the University of Oregon and Fletcher School of Law (both in the USA). In 1956 he finished further studies in Norway and from 1957 trained as a diplomat in the Norwegian Department of…

Short biography Rønbeck, Sissel Marie 1950 – Politician Labour Sissel Marie Rønbeck became engaged in politics when she was in her teens. She worked for the youth organisation of the Labour Party in 1970-1972 and was chairman of the organisation in 1975-1977. Later she held different leading positions within the Labour Party. She was a…

Short biography Jahn, Gunnar 1883 – 1971 Economist Liberal Gunnar Jahn obtained the degree of Master of Law in 1907. After having worked as a solicitor in 1907-1908, he studied economics and statistics at universities in Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris. In 1910, he was employed at the Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics, where he worked…

Short biography Natvig-Pedersen, Gustav 1893 – 1965 Teacher and politician Labour Gustav Natvig-Pedersen took his M.A. (Cand. Philol.) in 1919. He later studied at the London School of Economics (1928) and Brookwood Labor College, New York (1932). From 1919 he held positions as teacher and principal at Stavanger Katedralskole and from 1946 until 1962 he…

Short biography Aarvik, Egil 1912 – 1990 Preacher, politician and newspaper editor Christian people’s party Aarvik was Secretary at the Norwegian Home Mission Society 1934-1937, and worked for the Society’s local branch in the City of Stavanger in 1940-1946. He was a journalist in Dagsavisa, a daily in the City of Trondheim in 1947-1950, and…

Short biography Konow, Wollert 1845 – 1924 Teacher, farmer and politician Liberal As a young man, Wollert Konow studied law but he never got a degree. From 1868 he ran a school in the countryside in western Norway. In 1878 he took over his father’s farm outside Bergen, Norway’s second largest city. Soon after, he…

Short biography Lyng, John Daniel Fürstenberg 1905 – 1978 Jurist and politician Conservative John Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng got his law degree in 1927. In the 1930s he was engaged in local politics in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway in 1940-1945, he took refuge in Sweden and after the war became public prosecutor in…