Ivar Geelmuyden

Norwegian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNorwegian politician
PlacesNorway
wasTeacher Educator Politician
Work fieldAcademia Politics
Gender
Male
Birth8 April 1819, Trondheim, Norway
Death21 May 1875Bergen, Norway (aged 56 years)
Star signAries
Family
Siblings:Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden Bernhard Geelmuyden
Children:Carl Geelmuyden
The details

Biography

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.

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.

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.

He died in 1875.

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