Ivar Jørgensen (31 May 1877 – 24 February 1956) was a

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civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born at Langstrand in

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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

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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

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from

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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

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. He died in February 1956 and was buried at

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.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 29 February 1956 p. 11

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1877 births 1956 deaths People from Hammerfest Norwegian civil servants Labour Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Politicians from Oslo Norwegian temperance activists Burials at Nordre gravlund {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub