Jørgen Løvland

Jørgen Løvland


2nd Prime Minister of Norway
In office 23 October 1907 – 19 March 1908
Monarch	Haakon VII
Preceded by	Christian Michelsen
Succeeded by	Gunnar Knudsen

Personal details
Born	3 February 1848 Evje, Norway
Died	21 August 1922(1922-08-21) (aged 74) Oslo, Norway
Political party	Liberal Party

Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland (3 February 1848 – 21 August 1922) was a Norwegian educator and civil servant who served as Prime Minister of the Norwegian Parliament (1907-1908).^[1]

Gravesite of Jørgen Løvland, Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo

Background

Løvland was born at Lauvland in Evje (Lauvland i Evje herad) in Aust-Agder, Norway. He came from a farming family. He graduated from the teachers’ seminary at Holt in 1865. He worked as primary school teacher in Christianssand (1866-1878) and then as headmaster in Setesdal (1878-1884). From 1884 to 1892 he was also editor of Christianssands Stiftsavis.^[2]

Political career

He represented the Liberal party at the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) 1886-1888 and again in 1892-1898. He was Minister of Labour (1898–1899, 1900–1902, 1902–1903), a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (1899–1900), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1905 and 1905–1907), Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1907–1908), and Minister of Education and Church Affairs (1915–1920). In 1905 became the prime minister in Stockholm. He was chair of the Norwegian government of Christian Michelsen. In October 1907, Løvland took over as Norwegian Prime Minister when Michelsen resigned. Løvland resigned the position in March 1908.^[3]

Norwegian Nobel Committee

Løvland was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from the foundation in 1897 until his death in 1922. He was the committee’s chairman (1901–1921). ^[4]

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References

↑ "Jørgen Løvland". regjeringen.no. May 7, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ Magnus A. Mardal. "Jørgen Gunnarson Løvland". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ "Jørgen Gunnarson Løvland". Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ "Members of the first Norwegian Nobel Committee". Nobel Committee. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

External links

The Norwegian Nobel Institute Series

Political offices
Preceded by Christian Michelsen	Prime Minister of Norway 1907–1908	Succeeded by Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by N/A	Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1905–1907	Succeeded by Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen
Preceded by Aasulv Bryggesaa	Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1915–1920	Succeeded by Nils Riddervold Jensen
Cultural offices
Preceded by Marius Hægstad	Chairman of Noregs Mållag 1909–1912	Succeeded by Nikolaus Gjelsvik

Heads of government of Norway
First Ministers, 1814–1873	Haxthausen Rosenkrantz Sommerhielm Collett Krog Vogt Petersen F. Stang
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup
Prime Ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold
WWII 1940–1945	Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940–1945) Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) Quisling (Minister President, 1942–1945)
Prime Ministers, 1945–	Gerhardsen Torp Gerhardsen Lyng Gerhardsen Borten Bratteli Korvald Bratteli Nordli Brundtland Willoch Brundtland Syse Brundtland Jagland Bondevik Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Solberg

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
Løvland Christophersen Irgens Ihlen Michelet Ræstad Mowinckel Michelet Mowinckel Lykke Bull Mowinckel Braadland Mowinckel Koht Lie Lange Wikborg Lange Lyng Stray Cappelen Vårvik Frydenlund Stray Frydenlund Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Holst Godal Vollebæk Jagland Petersen Gahr Støre Eide Brende

Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) Fredrik Stang (1922–40) Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) Aase Lionæs (1968–78) John Sanness (1979–81) Egil Aarvik (1982–89) Gidske Anderson (1990) Francis Sejersted (1991–99) Gunnar Berge (2000–02) Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) Thorbjørn Jagland (2009–15) Kaci Kullmann Five (2015–2017) Berit Reiss-Andersen (2017–)
Members	Løvland (1901–21) Lund (1901–12) Bjørnson (1901–06) Steen (1901–04) Horst (1901–30) Carl Berner (1905–18) Hagerup (1907–20) Hanssen (1913–39) Koht (1918–42) Stang (1921–40) Konow (1922–24) Knudsen (1924) Mowinckel (1925–36) Thallaug (1931–33) Lange (1934–39) Jahn (1938–66) Braadland (1938–48) Vassbotn (1938–39) Hambro (1940–63) Tranmæl (1940–63) Lange (1945–48) Oftedal (1946–47) Ingebretsen (1946) Lionæs (1949–78) Natvig-Pedersen (1964–66) Langhelle (1964–67) Lyng (1964–65) Wikborg (1965–69) Ingvaldsen (1967–75) Refsum (1967–72) Rognlien (1967–73) Sanness (1970–81) Hovdhaugen (1973) Aarvik (1974–89) Haugeland (1974–84) Lindebrække (1976–81) Germeten (1979–84) Anderson (1982–93) Sejersted (1982–99) Nordli (1985–96) Stålsett (1985–2002) Sandegren (1990–96) Kristiansen (1991–94) Kvanmo (1991–2002) Rønbeck (1994–2011) Berge (1997–2002) Kostøl (1997) Ytterhorn (2000–) Mjøs (2003–08) Furre (2003–08) Five (2003–2017) Jagland (2009–) Valle (2009–14) Reiss-Andersen (2011–) Syse (2015–)
Secretaries	Christian Lous Lange (1901–09) Ragnvald Moe (1910–45) August Schou (1946–73) Tim Greve (1974–77) Jakob Sverdrup (1978–89) Geir Lundestad (1990–2015) Olav Njølstad (2015–)

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