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 as secretary in 1911-1917. In 1920 he
became Director of the Bureau, a position he held until
1945. From 1946 up to 1954 Jahn was Managing Director of
the Norwegian Central Bank.
Gunnar Jahn belonged to the urban
liberal faction of the Liberal Party (Venstre). He served
as Finance Minister in a non-socialist (Venstre) government
1934-1935. During the German occupation of Norway
1940-1945, he was a member of the central leadership of the
Resistance. He was imprisoned in 1944. After the German
surrender in 1945, he became member of the Norwegian
interim government. Jahn was a member of the Norwegian
Nobel Committee in 1938-1966. He served as chairman of the
committee from 1942 to 1966.
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