Johan Magnus Halvorsen (10 June 1853 – 14 February 1922) was a Norwegian politician for the

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Biography

Halvorsen was born at Ålesund in

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, Norway. He was a merchant by profession. He started his business career as a sales representative at

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. In 1874 he became a director at Selje forbruksforening in Nordfjord. He later worked as a representative for several factories and businesses in

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. In 1881, he established himself as a merchant in

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with a fish wholesaler. Halvorsen was a member of the city council of Trondheim 1895-1904 and again from 1910. He represented the city in the Norwegian Parliament 1898-1900 and 1903–12. He was

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from 1907 to 1908 in cabinet of Prime Minister Jørgen Løvland.

References

1853 births 1922 deaths Politicians from Ålesund Norwegian merchants Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Presidents of the Storting Ministers of Finance of Norway 19th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub