Sven Nielsen (18 March 1883 – 21 January 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
.
He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
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from the
Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties The Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties ( no, Kjøpstedene i Vest-Agder og Rogaland fylker) was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns ( no, kjøpsteder) of Flekkefjord, Kristiansand a ...
in 1934, and was re-elected on three occasions. Between 9 March and 25 June 1945 he was appointed Minister of Trade, Shipping, Industry, Crafts and Fisheries.
Born in
Stavanger, Nielsen was a member of
Harstad
( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the most populous town in Central Hålogalan ...
city council from 1919 to 1922, and then served as mayor from 1922 to 1925. He later held various positions in
Stavanger city council from 1934 to 1947, except for a period between 1940 and 1945 during the
German occupation of Norway
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.
Having graduated as
cand.philos. 1903, he worked as a teacher and CEO. He also reached the rank of
major in the
Norwegian Army
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, and from 1941 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway, he directed the
Office of the Auditor General of Norway
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-in-exile in
London
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.
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1883 births
1958 deaths
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Government ministers of Norway
Members of the Storting
Mayors of places in Nordland
Norwegian Army personnel
Norwegian people of World War II
Politicians from Stavanger
20th-century Norwegian politicians