Salamon Mørkved (27 September 1891 – 30 June 1978) was a Norwegian forester and politician for the Liberal Party.

Personal life

He was born in

Høylandet Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna. The municipality is th ...

as a son of

Lorents Mørkved Lorents Mørkved (16 March 1844 – 7 February 1924) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party. Personal life He was born at Mørkved in Høilandet in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was a son of farmers Anders Lorentsen Mørkved ...

(1844–1924) and Sofie Aavatsmark (1850–1935). He was a nephew of

Ivar Aavatsmark Ivar Aavatsmark (11 December 1864 – 1 July 1947) was a Norwegian officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He finished his military career in 1928, as Major General, head of the 2nd Division and Commander of Akershus Fortress. As a politi ...

and brother-in-law of

Albert Fredrik Eggen Albert Fredrik Eggen (29 September 1878 – 1966) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born at Østborg in Levanger landsogn as a son of farmer and petty officer Martin Gunerius Eggen (1839–1917) and his wife Kare ...

. In 1919 he married Inga Bertha Aavatsmark (1892–1967), a daughter of farmers Andreas Hammer (1849–1918) and Bereth Aavatsmark (1852–1925). They resided at

Spillum Spillum is a village in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the south side of the Namsen river about directly south of the centre of the town of Namsos and about north of the village of Klinga. ...

Career

Mørkved finished folk high school (1909), forester school (1911), commerce school (1912) before enrolling in higher education, graduating in forestry from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1917. He was hired as a forest manager in Namdal Aktiedampsag & Høvleri in 1918, then as timber director in Namdalsbruket in 1920. From 1934 he was the manager and owner of Spillumbruket. He chaired Namdal Forestry Society from 1941 to 1961 and was a board member of the

Norwegian Forestry Society The Norwegian Forestry Society ( no, Det norske Skogselskap, often shortened to ''Skogselskapet'') is an interest organisation in Norway. It was established as ''Det norske Skogselskab'' in 1898, with Axel Heiberg as its first chairman. Its purp ...

from 1942 to 1960. While working for Namdalsbruket, Mørkved was elected to Namsos municipal council from 1927 to 1934. He was elected to Klinga municipal council from 1946 to 1950. He also served as public trustee here from 1948 to 1962. Mørkved also chaired Klinga Sparebank from 1945 to 1962 and Den Nordenfjeldske Trelastforening. He was a board member of Namsos Sparebank from 1936 to 1963, and supervisory council member of Namdal Dampskibsselskab from 1935 to 1963 and Det norske gjensidige Skogbrandforsikringsselskap. He was decorated with the

King's Medal of Merit in gold The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

. He died in June 1978 and was buried in Namsos.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morkved, Salamon 1891 births 1978 deaths People from Høylandet Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Norwegian foresters 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople People from Namsos Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold