Jørgen Løvland
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Jørgen Gunnarson Løvland (born February 3, 1848 in Evje , † August 21, 1922 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian liberal politician of the Venstre .
Løvland came from a farming family. Both maternal and paternal ancestors were represented in parliament. He finished his training as a teacher in Holt in 1865 . He worked in the school service for almost 20 years, first as a teacher in the elementary school in Kristiansand from 1866 to 1878, then as chairman of the state school board in Setesdal from 1878 to 1884. He was editor of the newspaper Christiansands Stiftsavis from 1884 to 1892 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the Venstre for the period 1886–1888 , as well as in the periods 1892–1898 and 1913–1915.
Løvland was President of Odelting from 1892 to 1898. Between 1898 and 1903 he was Minister of Labor. In addition, he was the first Norwegian Foreign Minister from 1905 to 1907 after the personal union with Sweden was dissolved . He was foreign minister and Norwegian prime minister from October 28, 1907 to March 18, 1908. From 1897 he was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and was its chairman from 1901 to 1922. From 1913 to 1915 he was President of the Norwegian Parliament. He was head of the Norwegian cadastral commission and from 1910 its treasurer in Kristiania. He ended his political career as Minister of Churches and Education from 1915 to 1920.
Løvlands made important efforts for Norwegian transport policy in the 1890s. He initiated revolutionary tasks with regard to the future means of transport and communication (railroad, telephone and telegraph), an important potential for binding the country in cultural, economic and social terms. As chairman of the Transport Committee in Parliament, he made sure that railway construction got going again in the 1890s after the standstill in the 1880s. In 1894 he was responsible for det store jernbanekompromisset , he coordinated the railway construction and paved the way for Norway's rail network in its current form. Løvland was of the opinion that the state was responsible for building and operating the infrastructure, both for geographical and social justice as well as for military reasons. With this principle he led the Ministry of Labor in several governments between 1898 and 1903.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Christian Michelsen |
Prime Minister of Norway 1907–1908 |
Gunnar Knudsen |
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| SURNAME | Løvland, Jørgen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Løvland, Jørgen Gunnarson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian liberal politician (Venstre), member of the Storting |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evje |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1922 |
| Place of death | Christiania |