Anton Alexander (19 September 1870 – 10 October 1945) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Tvedestrand as the son of sailor Alexander Paulsen (1841-1871) and his wife Anna Andersen (1834-1887). He graduated as cand.real. in 1892, and studied mathematics in Leipzig from 1894 to 1895. Over his career he mainly worked as a school teacher and principal; in Kristiania,

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, Skien, Kristiania again,

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, Drammen and Skien again.Anton Alexander
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Involved in local politics, he was a member of the municipal council of

Skien Municipality Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Nors ...

from 1910 to 1914 and of the city council of Lillehammer Municipality from 1928. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the term 1934–1936, representing the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties. He authored numerous articles and books.List of publications in BIBSYS
/ref> He also assisted in the polar expeditions of

Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...

, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen, as well as

Gunnar Isachsen Gunnerius Ingvald Isachsen (3 October 1868 – 19 December 1939), was a Norwegian military officer and polar scientist. From 1923, he was the first president of the Norwegian Maritime Museum. Early years He was born in Drøbak, Norway in 1868 and ...

's expedition to

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, with astronomical calculations.

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1870 births 1945 deaths Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Oppland politicians Norwegian educators People from Tvedestrand {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub