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Georg Johan Jacobsen
Georg Johan Jacobsen (29 July 1929 – 24 April 2011) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He was born in Bergen, finished commerce school in 1948, spent two years at sea before working various jobs. Among others he worked with administration in ''Bergens Arbeiderblad'' from 1962 to 1968. He was a member of Bergen city council from 1959 to 1963, and of its executive committee from 1967 to 1971. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland in 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1973, and was re-elected on one occasion in 1977 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977. He was the deputy chair of his party locally from 1961 to 1974. He was a board member of Bergen Sporvei from 1965, and of Bro- og Tunnelselskapet from 1971. References 1929 births 2011 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior partner of the governing Red–green coalition (Norway), red–green coalition from 2005 to 2013, and its former leader Jens Stoltenberg served as the prime minister of Norway. The Labour Party is officially committed to social-democratic ideals. Its slogan since the 1930s has been "everyone shall take part" and the party traditionally seeks a strong welfare state, funded through taxes and Duty (economics), duties. Since the 1980s, the party has included more of the principles of a social market economy in its policy, allowing for privatisation of state-owned assets and services and reducing income tax Progressive tax, progressivity, following the wave of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
