Olav Gjærevoll

Olav Gjærevoll (1980)

Olav Gjærevoll (born September 24, 1916 in Tynset , Fylke Hedmark , † August 30, 1994 in Trondheim ) was a Norwegian botanist , university professor and politician of the labor party , who was Minister of Social Affairs between 1963 and 1965 and Minister for Wages and Prices from 1971 to 1972 and in 1972 became Norway's first Environment Minister . In addition, he was Mayor of Trondheim between 1958 and 1963 and again from 1979 to 1981 . Gjærevoll published more than 150 scientific papers and several specialist books on botany, in particular on plant sociology , geobotany and plant systematics. Its botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is “ Gjaerev. ".

Life

Botanist and university professor

Gjærevoll, son of the small farmer Gunnar Gjærevoll and his wife Kristine Haugen, attended the Volkshochschule (Folkehøyskole) between 1931 and 1932 and began studying mathematics and natural sciences in 1937 . In addition, he worked as a teacher at the Alvdal Middle School between 1937 and 1939 and later at the Norwegian High School in Uppsala between 1942 and 1945 , before he was a teacher at the Holtet High School in Oslo between 1945 and 1947 . During this time he was also chairman of the Socialist Student League from 1946 to 1947.

During this time he graduated from the University of Oslo in 1946 as Candidatus realium (Cand. Real.) And then took up a position as a teacher of botany at the Norwegian Teachers' College (Norges Lærerhøgskole) in 1947 , where he taught until 1958 Gjærevoll from 1947 to 1979 curator at the Science Museum of the Technical and Natural Sciences University of Norway NTNU (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet) in Trondheim and between 1947 and 1949 also teacher of technical botany at the Norwegian Technical University NTH (Norges Tekniske Høgskole) . From 1949 to 1951 he was also chairman of the Arbeiderpartiet of Trondheim for the first time.

In addition to his teaching activities, Gjærevoll, who was a member of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society DKNVS ( Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab ) in 1953 , undertook a study visit to Alaska in 1953 and completed postgraduate studies at Uppsala University , which he obtained in 1955 with a Filosofie licentiat (Fil. Lic.) finished. In 1956 he received his doctorate in botany at Uppsala University.

In 1958 he took over a professorship for botany at the Norwegian Teachers' College and taught there until 1986. In 1958 he also became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences DNVA (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi) .

During this time he undertook further scientific research trips to Alaska in 1959 and 1968 as well as to Greenland in 1967 with a grant from the Arctic Institute of North America and the Norwegian General Research Council NAVF (Norges Almenvitenskapelige Forskningsråd) .

Mayor of Trondheim and member of Storting

In addition to his professional activity, Gjærevoll began his political career in local politics in the early 1950s as a member of the Trondheim City Council, to which he first belonged between 1951 and 1955. Subsequently, he was vice mayor from 1955 to 1958 and between 1958 as successor to John Aae and his replacement by Odd Sagør in 1963 for the first time mayor of Trondheim. Afterwards he was again a member of the city council from 1963 to 1968.

During this time he was chairman of the board of the Trondheim electricity company between 1956 and 1958 and 1961 to 1963, chairman of the board of Ringve Videregående Skole from 1957 to 1962 and chairman of the State Nature Conservation Council (Statens Naturvernråd) for the first time between 1961 and 1963 . At the same time he was chairman of the program council of the Trøndelag radio station from 1962 to 1963 .

After the 1958-1965 Vice-member Storting for Fylke Sør-Trøndelag was Gjærevoll was candidate of the Arbeiderpartiet in the election on September 13, 1965 elected a member of the Storting and represented to the election on 8 September 1969 once the Fylke Sør-Trøndelag.

Minister in the Gerhardsen and Bratteli governments

On February 4, 1963, during a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen appointed him as Minister of Social Affairs (Sosialminister) in his third government and held this position until August 28, 1963.

He also held the office of Minister of Social Affairs in the fourth government of Prime Minister Gerhardsen from September 25, 1963 to October 12, 1965.

In 1965 Gjærevoll was again chairman of the State Conservation Council and held this position for more than 20 years until 1986. During this time he was also chairman of the National Institute for Alcohol Research from 1967 to 1979 and from 1970 to 1972 also chairman of the Norwegian General Research Council.

Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli appointed Gjærevoll Minister for Wages and Prices (Lønns- og Prisminister) in his first government on March 17, 1971 . After this ministerial office was dissolved on May 8, 1972, he became the first Norwegian Environment Minister (Miljøvernminister) and held this ministerial office until the end of Bratteli's term of office on October 18, 1972. As environment minister he dealt in particular with questions of nature and environmental protection and the national parks in Norway .

Director of the Trondheim Science Museum

After leaving the government, Gjærevoll, who was chairman of the Institute for Air Research from 1973 to 1979, also chaired the VAT committee from 1973 to 1975 and chaired the human-biosphere project between 1974 and 1985.

In 1974 he also became director of the Museum of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society in Trondheim, which he directed until 1979. In addition, from 1976 to 1979 he was chairman of the interim committee of the Technical and Scientific University of Norway and in 1976 chairman of the inter-ministerial polar committee. Between 1977 and 1979 he was also chairman of the Trondheimer Arbeiderpartiet for the second time. During this time he made one last major scientific research trip to Alaska in 1978 and was also chairman of the basic research committee in 1980.

After finishing his work as museum director, he became mayor of Trondheim again in 1979 as the successor to Axel Buch and held this office until 1981 when he was replaced by Anne Kathrine Parow . After that, however, he was still a member of Trondheim's city council between 1981 and 1987.

In 1986 he was awarded the Gunnerus Medal of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society and in 1994 the award of the Norwegian Tourism Association. Most recently he was chairman of the Norwegian Botanical Association from 1989 until his death in 1994.

Publications

Gjærevoll published more than 150 scientific papers and several specialist books on botany, in particular on plant sociology, geobotany and plant systematics. His most famous publications include:

• The Plant Communities of the Scandinavian Alpine Snow-beds , 1956
• Botanical investigations in Central Alaska I-III , 1960
• Fjellflora , co-author Reidar Jørgensen , 1960
• Plant Geography , 1973
• Dovrefjell og Ormtjernkampen , co-author Leif Ryvarden , 1975
• Norges planteliv. Fra Sørlandsskjærgård til Svalbardtundra , 1984
• The high mountain flora and vegetation of central Norway: excursion guide , co-author Simen Britten, 1987
• Villmarkseventyret Alaska , 1990
• Mine fjell: en kjærlighetserklæring til Dovrefjell, Sunndalsfjella og Trollheimen , 1994
• Mine memoarer , autobiography, 1998

In German language:

• Mountain flowers in Scandinavia , co-author Reidar Jørgensen, 1979
• Svalbardblumen , co-author Olaf I. Rønning, 1989, ISBN 82-519-0988-0

Web links

Commons : Olav Gjærevoll  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the homepage of the Storting
• Biography in the store norske leksikon
• Author entry and list of the plant names described for Olav Gjærevoll at the IPNI (without mosses)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Trondheim homepage 
2. ↑ Olav Gjærevoll, botanikeren som ble politisk drivkraft bak Rondane Nasjonalpark (sollia.net)