Ivar Bergersen Sælen (19 November 1855 – 24 November 1923) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from March 1923 until his death in November the same year.

Biography

Sælen was born at Åsgard in Lindås, where his father was a farmer and builder. In 1863, the family moved to the farm Sælen in the Fyllingsdalen in

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. He attended Sogndal Folk High School before becoming a farmer at Sælen in 1877. He was the mayor of Fana from 1908–1910 and again from 1914–1916. He was elected to the

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from Søndre Bergenhus county for the 1901–1906 term and met as deputy representative for Wollert Konow from Midthordland in Søndre Bergenhus county from 1910–1912. Sælen then served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 6 March 1923 until his death on 24 November the same year. In 1979, a bust of Sælen by Nils Aas, was erected in Fyllingsdalen.

References

1855 births 1923 deaths Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting 1900–1903 Members of the Storting 1904–1906 Ministers of education of Norway People from Lindås {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub