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Karl Akre
Karl Edvard Pedersen Akre (26 March 1840 – 14 March 1912) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party of Norway, Liberal Party. He was born in Alta, Norway, Alta, and graduated as a teacher from Tromsø Seminary in 1862. He started working as a teacher in Kjelvik, but moved to Vadsø in 1865. At the primary school there, he advanced from second teacher to first teacher in 1884 and headmaster in 1911. With minor interruptions he was a member of Vadsø city council from 1869 to 1910, and also chaired the school board. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1885 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1885, representing the urban constituency of ''Hammerfest, Vardø og Vadsø''. He served only one three-year term 1886–1889. Akre was a co-founder of the newspaper ''Finmarkens Amtstidende'' in 1871. His orthography was ahead of its time, and reminiscent of the 1907 standard of Riksmål (Dano-Norwegian). He was also a supporter of Landsmål, and founded the Landsm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Norway
The Liberal Party ( no, Venstre, lit=Left, V; se, Gurutbellodat) is a centrist political party in Norway. It was founded in 1884 and it is the oldest political party in Norway. It is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, and it is a liberal party which has over the time enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage, and state schooling. For most of the late 19th and early 20th century, it was Norway's largest and dominant political party, but in the postwar era it lost most of its support and became a relatively small party. The party has nevertheless participated in several centrist and centre-right government coalitions in the postwar era. It currently holds eight seats in the Parliament, and was previously a part of Norway's government together with the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party. Guri Melby has served as the party leader since 2020. The party is regarded as social-liberal and advocates personal freed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
