Johannes Berg (1 November 1863 – 21 November 1935) was a Norwegian farmer, civil servant and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He was born in

Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

as a son of Valsøen in Jøssund as a son of farmer Petter Andreas Berg (1830–1907) and Henriette Margrete Brodtkorb (1838–1922). He was a relative of Christian Frederik Berg. He finished middle school in

in 1880 and then took a shipmate exam in 1884. He worked as a seaman and fisher before taking over the family farm Valsøen in 1898, which he sold in 1917. From 1907 he was also a postal clerk in

Vallersund Vallersund is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Jøssund and about northeast of the village of Oksvoll. The Asenvågøy Lighthouse Asenvågøy Ligh ...

. He was a member of Jøssund

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from 1898 to 1922, serving as mayor for eighteen years. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

and

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, serving six years.

References

1863 births 1935 deaths Norwegian farmers Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub