Lorents Mørkved

Lorents Mørkved (16 March 1844 – 1924) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.

Personal life

He was born at Mørkved in Høilandet as a son of farmers Anders Lorentsen Mørkved and Johanne Olsdatter.[1]

Together with Sofie Aavatsmark (1850–1935),[2] a sister of Ivar Aavatsmark,[3] he had the son Salamon Mørkved.[2] Their daughter Marie married politician Albert Fredrik Eggen, and their daughter in turn married Otto Øgrim.[4]

Career

Mørkved spent his entire career at the family farm. He was a member of Høilandet municipal council for thirty years, serving twelve years as deputy mayor and sixteen years as mayor.[1] In 1906 he stood for parliamentary election in the constituency Snaasen, challenged by no less than three other candidates from his own party; incumbent Hans Konrad Foosnæs, his brother-in-law Ivar Aavatsmark and Ole Olsen Five. Mørkved ended fourth in the first round with only 134 votes, and fifth in the second round with only one vote.[5] He later became Aavatsmark's running mate and served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1910–1912, 1913–1915 and 1916–1918. In 1910 he filled in for Aavatsmark and met in session as a member of the Standing Committee on the Military.[1][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lorents Mørkved" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Mørkved, Salamon". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 402. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ivar Aavatsmark" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Grøn, Øyvind. "Otto Øgrim". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 49. Stortingsvalget 1906" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  6. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 128. Stortingsvalget 1909" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  7. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 189. Stortingsvalget 1912" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  8. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.