Johan Magnus Halvorsen (10 June 1853 – 14 February 1922) was a

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politician for the

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Biography

Halvorsen was born at

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrativ ...

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

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in Sunnmøre. In 1874 he became a director at Selje forbruksforening in

Nordfjord Nordfjord ( en, Northern fjord—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district of Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises the muni ...

. 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

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1898-1900 and 1903–12. He was

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from 1907 to 1908 in cabinet of Prime Minister

Jørgen Løvland Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland (3 February 1848 – 21 August 1922) was a Norwegian educator and civil servant of the Liberal Party who served as the 10th prime minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908. Background Løvland was born at Lauvland in Evj ...

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