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Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

prime minister of Norway
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Oct. 22, 1870, Bergen, Nor.
Died:
Sept. 30, 1943, New York City (aged 72)
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Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (born Oct. 22, 1870, Bergen, Nor.—died Sept. 30, 1943, New York City) was a Norwegian prime minister during the 1920s and ’30s and a shipping magnate considered to be the outstanding statesman of his time in Norway. Educated at Oslo University, Mowinckel entered public life as a town councillor and then as president of the council of his native city, Bergen. In 1906 he was elected to the Storting (Parliament) as a member of the Venstre (Liberal) Party, and he also served as president of the Storting for several years. In 1911 he was instrumental in founding ...(100 of 185 words)

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