Jørgen Løvland
{{Short description|Prime Minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908}}
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| name = Jørgen Løvland
| image = J. Løvland - no-nb digifoto 20160420 00234 NB NS NM 10313 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jørgen Løvland
| order1 =
| office1 = Prime Minister of Norway
| term_start1 = 23 October 1907
| term_end1 = 19 March 1908
| monarch1 = Haakon VII
| governor-general1 =
| predecessor1 = Christian Michelsen
| successor1 = Gunnar Knudsen
| office2= Minister of Foreign Affairs
| primeminister2= Christian Michelsen
Himself
| term_start2= 7 June 1905
| term_end2= 19 March 1908
| predecessor2= Position established
| successor2= Wilhelm Christophersen
| office3= Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm
| term_start3= 11 March 1905
| term_end3= 7 June 1905
| monarch3= Oscar II
| primeminister3= Christian Michelsen
| predecessor3= Sigurd Ibsen
| successor3= Position abolished
| office4= Minister of Education and Church Affairs
| term_start4= 26 October 1915
| term_end4= 21 June 1920
| primeminister4= Gunnar Knudsen
| predecessor4= Aasulv Bryggesaa
| successor4= Nils R. Jensen
| office5= Minister of Labour
| term_start5= 5 June 1900
| term_end5= 22 October 1903
| primeminister5= Johannes Steen
Otto Blehr
| predecessor5= Hans Nysom
| successor5= Albert Hansen
| term_start6= 17 February 1898
| term_end6= 28 February 1899
| primeminister6= Johannes Steen
| predecessor6= Fredrik Stang Lund
| successor6= Hans Nysom
| birth_name = Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland
| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Evje, Aust-Agder, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1922|8|21|1848|2|3}}
| death_place = Christiania, Norway
| party = Liberal
| children= Torkell Løvland
| alma_mater = Kristiansand Teacher Training College
| religion =
| spouse = {{marriage|Laura Mathilde Torkildson|December 9, 1884}}
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Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland (3 February 1848 – 21 August 1922) was a Norwegian statesman, educator and civil servant who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908. He belonged to the Liberal Party.{{cite web|url= http://www.dokpro.uio.no/cgi-bin/stad/matr50|title= Jørgen Løvland|publisher= regjeringen.no |date= May 7, 2011 |access-date= June 10, 2016}}
File:Jørgen Løvland, gravminne på Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo.JPG
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 Christianssands Stifts Seminarium teachers’ seminary 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.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/J%25C3%25B8rgen_Gunnarson_L%25C3%25B8vland
|title= Jørgen Gunnarson Løvland|publisher= Store norske leksikon |author= Magnus A. Mardal |access-date= June 10, 2016}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11942|title=Jørgen Gunnarson Løvland|publisher=Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805172347/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11942|url-status=dead}}
|date= 3 December 2007
|publisher =Regjeringen|access-date= April 1, 2018}}
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).
Personal life
He was married to Mathilde Løvland (1851–1938). Following their deaths, both he and his wife were buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701054406/http://www.nppri.org/pdf/Vol1_No3.pdf The Norwegian Nobel Institute Series]
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