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 in Evje 21 August 1922 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian politician and Prime Minister. He was Minister of Labour (1898–1899, 1900–1902, 1902–1903), a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (1899–1900), Prime Minister in Stockholm (1905), 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). He was chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1901–1921).

Political offices
Preceded by
Christian Michelsen
Prime Minister of Norway
19071908
Succeeded by
Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by
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Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
19051907
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen
Preceded by
Aasulv Bryggesaa
Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs
19151920
Succeeded by
Nils Riddervold Jensen
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Marius Hægstad
Chairman of Noregs Mållag
19091912
Succeeded by
Nikolaus Gjelsvik
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