Ivar Geelmuyden

{{Short description|Norwegian politician}}

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Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician.

He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden.[http://www.tfb.no/db/personalhistorie/3_7_20070228_152441.pdf Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede], by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. He was the uncle of Marie Geelmuyden, first Norwegian woman to receive a degree in science.{{Cite book |last=Ebbell |first=Clara Thue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3dCAQAAMAAJ&q=%2522Marie+Geelmuyden%2522+-wikipedia |title=Kvindelige studenters jubilaeumsskrift 1882-1907 |date=1907 |publisher=S. M. Bryde |pages=19 |language=da}}

He enrolled as a student in 1837 and graduated as cand.mag. in 1837. He worked as a teacher in Christiania before moving to Fredrikshald in 1852. While living here he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing the constituency of Fredrikshald.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10907 Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden] – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

In 1862 he was hired as a school principal in Bergen. He was elected from his city to the Norwegian Parliament in 1865, 1868, 1871 and 1874. He served as mayor of Bergen from 1867 to 1868 and 1873 to 1875.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bergen.kommune.no/portal/page/portal/bkinternet/subpage3?id=T6892&m2_mode=&k1_mode=hide&m3_mode=spot2&re1_mode=spot1&re2_mode=spot2&re3_mode=artcenter§ionId=988 |title=Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007 |publisher=Bergen municipality |language=Norwegian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213153859/https://www.bergen.kommune.no/portal/page/portal/bkinternet/subpage3?id=T6892&m2_mode=&k1_mode=hide&m3_mode=spot2&re1_mode=spot1&re2_mode=spot2&re3_mode=artcenter§ionId=988 |archivedate=2012-02-13 }}

He died in 1875.