Died 1928-12-01.
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Gunnar Knudsen
Gunnar Knudsen, born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who served as the prime minister of Norway twice from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920. He also inherited a shipping company, and founded the shipping company Borgestad ASA.
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business · Norwegian politician (1848–1928) · politician · businessperson · engineer · also Gunnar Knudsen, Knudsen
Born 19 September 1848 · Died 1 December 1928 · Q560949
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1919· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1919–1921).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Norway (1919–1920).
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1916· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1916–1918).
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1915· 1 entry
Free midwife services were extended to the wives of men included under the national health insurance scheme
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1913· 4 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Auditing (1913–1918).
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1913–1915).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Norway (1913–1920).
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Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Food (1913–1920).
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1908· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Auditing (1908–1910).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Norway (1908–1910).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Norway (1908–1910).
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1906· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1906–1909).
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1905· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Auditing (1905–1905).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Norway (1905–1905).
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1904· 1 entry
Merged his interests in three steam ship companies into Borgestad Shipping AS
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1903· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Food (1903–1903).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Norway (1903–1903).
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1895· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1895–1897).
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1892· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1892–1894).
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1891· 1 entry
Knudsen was elected to the Storting, becoming parliamentary leader in 1908 and party leader from 1909 to 1927
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1889· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (1889–1891).
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1886· 1 entry
Became the mayor of Gjerpen Municipality and in 1891 he was county governor of Telemark
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1880· 1 entry
And together they had five children, born between 1882 and 1893; Erik, Christen, Gudrun, Margit and Rolf
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1865· 1 entry
Where he got a degree as engineer in 1867
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1855· 1 entry
His two living siblings were Jørgen Christian Knudsen (born 1843) and Ellen Serine (born 1846) who married Johan Jeremiassen (he also had four sisters )
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1854· 1 entry
Gunnar Knudsen married Anna Sofie Cappelen (1854–1915) in 1880, and together they had five children, born between 1882 and 1893; Erik, Christen, Gudrun, Margit and Rolf.
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1851· 1 entry
But in 1855 he and the family moved to Frednes in Porsgrunn
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1848· 2 entries
Born 1848-09-19.
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At the medium-sized farm Saltrød in Østre Moland Municipality (later it was in Stokken Municipality, and now it's part of Arendal Municipality) in Nedenes county, Norway
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