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Dec 21, 1861 Died on 25 Oct 1952 (aged 90)
Norwegian politician
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- Valentin Valentinsen (21 December 1861 - ??) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. Born in Haugesund as the son of ship-owner Johannes Valentinsen, he took a technical education and started his career at a shipyard in Laksevaag.
- In 1887 he was hired as head of the machine department in a shipyard in Mykolaiv, nicknamed the City of shipbuilders.
- In 1889 he went on to Jarrow, England, working as a machine constructor at the Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited.
- He then traveled to Chicago in 1890 and to San Francisco and the Union Iron Works in 1890.
- He returned to Norway in 1893.He was a member of Haugesund city council from 1904, serving as deputy mayor in 1907 and 1908 and as mayor from 1909.
- He was then elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1910 and 1913, representing the constituency of Haugesund.
