John Theodor Lund (9 October 1842 – 8 January 1913) was a

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politician for the

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Background

Lund was born in

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, Norway. He was the son of Eilert Theodor Lund (1815-1893) and Ellen Albertine Knutsen (1816-1883). Lund was a co-owner and editor of the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' which was founded in 1868. He was elected to the city council of Bergen in 1879 and was mayor from 1888 to 1890. Lund was chairman of the

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committee of Bergen from 1876 until his death in 1913. From 1896 he was manager of

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office in Bergen.

Political career

He was a local politician in

for thirty years before becoming a

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from 1883 to 1885 and from 1892 to 1900. He was President of the Lagting from 1893 to 1900. He was a delegate to several

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conferences and a member of the

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from 1901 to 1912.

Personal life

In 1870, he married Georgine Johanne Janson who was the daughter of merchant and Helmich Janson (1804-1868) and Constance Frederikke Sophie Neumann (1808-1880]. His wife was the granddaughter of Herman Didrich Janson (1757-1822) and sister of Unitarian clergyman

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(1841-1917). Lund and his wife were the parents of one son and of four daughters.

References

1842 births 1913 deaths Mayors of Bergen Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting {{norway-politician-1800s-stub