Short biography Knudsen, Christian Holterman 1845 – 1929 Typographer, pioneer of the Norwegian labour movement Labour Christian Holterman Knudsen became chairman of the ‘Typographers’ Union in 1876. In 1883 he became chairman of Fagforeningernes Centralkomite (the Central Committee of Trade Unions). From the early 1880s Knudsen was a leading proponent of socialism in Norway. 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 Hambro, Carl Joachim 1885 – 1964 Politician, Journalist and Writer Conservative C. J. Hambro received his M.A. in 1907. He worked as a journalist in the conservative newspaper Morgenbladet from 1905 and was the newspaper’s editor in 1913-1920. He was associated with the newspaper as a literary critic until 1945. Hambro was elected…

Short biography Anderson, Gidske 1921 – 1992 Writer and journalist Labour Gidske Anderson worked in Paris as correspondent for NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) and Arbeiderbladet (the organ of the Labour Party) 1954-1964. In 1964-1967 she was a free-lance journalist and writer in the USA. From 1967 until 1972 Anderson was editor of the foreign…

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 Germeten, Else 1918 – 1992 Women’s group organizer and film censor Labour As a young woman, Else Germeten studied English language and literature (1941). Later she went to the USA where she passed an exam in Psychology in 1953. She was Chairman of Norges Husmorforbund (Norwegian Housewives’ Association) in 1959-1969. In the 1970s,…

Short biography Getz, Bernhard 1850 – 1901 Public prosecutor and politician Conservative Bernhard Getz became professor of criminal law at the University of Kristiania (Oslo) in 1876. He was engaged in the studies and teaching of constitutional and international law. One of the leading Norwegian jurists, he was appointed Norway’s first public prosecutor in 1889.…

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…

Short biography Lindebrække, Sjur 1909 – 1998 Bank manager and politician Conservative Sjur Lindebrække became Doctor of Law in 1948. He was Assistant Manager of Bergen Privatbank in 1940-1945 and Bank Manager in 1945. He was Managing Director later in 1958-1968 and was active chairman of the Board in 1968-1976. He was Chairman of the…

Short biography Ingvaldsen, Bernt 1902 – 1985 Engineer and politician Conservative Bernt Ingvaldsen graduated from NTH (Norwegian Institute of Technology) in 1925. From 1929 he worked for the A/S National Industri (National Industry Ltd.) and was the company’s Director in 1949-1968. Ingvaldsen was a member of the Storting in 1945-1973 and was one of the…