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May 31, 1877 Died on 24 Feb 1956 (aged 78)
Norwegian politician
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About Ivar Jørgensen
- Ivar Jørgensen (31 May 1877 – 24 February 1956) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born at Langstrand in Sørøysund as a son of teacher Johannes Jørgensen (1850–1892) and Beret Martha Buvik (1855–1935).
- He went to sea at the age of fifteen, took lower education in Kristiania and was a construction and factory laborer in Kristiania and Furnes until 1902.
- In 1902 he was hired in a dairy, and in 1909 he became co-owner of the dairy Fortuna Meieri.
- From 1916 to 1935 he was an inspector and office manager in the housing rental division of Oslo.
- From 1935 he was a manager of Krohgstøttens Sykehus.He was also a city council member in Kristiania from 1907 to 1922, and deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 1913–1915, 1916–1918 and 1919–1921.
- He was a board member of Kristiania Labour Party from 1906 to 1921, and also a supervisory council member of the Labour Party until 1921.
- He was also active in the temperance movement.He died in February 1956 and was buried at Nordre gravlund.
