Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a

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politician. He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden.''Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede''
by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. He was the uncle of Marie Geelmuyden, first Norwegian woman to receive a degree in science. He enrolled as a student in 1837 and graduated as

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in 1837. He worked as a teacher in Christiania before moving to Fredrikshald in 1852. While living here he was elected to the

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in 1857, representing the constituency of Fredrikshald.Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1862 he was hired as a school principal in

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. He was elected from his city to the

in 1865, 1868, 1871 and 1874. He served as mayor of Bergen from 1867 to 1868 and 1873 to 1875. He died in 1875.

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1819 births 1875 deaths Members of the Storting Østfold politicians People from Halden Mayors of Bergen Norwegian educators {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub