Ola Bertelsen (10 October 1864 – 26 November 1946) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the

Liberal Left Party The Free-minded Liberal Party ( no, Frisinnede Venstre) was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in severa ...

. Born in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

as the son of a bricklayer, he enrolled as a law student in 1883 and graduated as

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in 1888. He worked as an attorney in his hometown, before being appointed chief of police in 1911. In 1917 he was appointed estate administrator. Finally, from 1921 to 1934 he worked as district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') of Karmsund.Ola Bertelsen
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of Haugesund

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from 1896 to 1898, later serving as mayor from 1904 to 1907. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1931–1933, representing the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties.

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1864 births 1946 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Rogaland Free-minded Liberal Party politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Norwegian jurists People from Haugesund {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub