Anton Ludvig Alvestad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
About Anton Ludvig Alvestad
- Anton Ludvig Alvestad (7 May 1883 – 2 July 1956) was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party.
- Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery.
- He was also active in the temperance movement.
- An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding members of the Labour Party of Ålesund.
- Between 1920 and 1921 he was the first Labour mayor of the city. Elected to the Norwegian Storting for the first time in 1921, he was re-elected repeatedly up until his death in 1956.
- In 1928 he served as Minister of Trade in the short-lived cabinet of Christopher Hornsrud.
- This, the first Labour government of Norway, lasted less than a month, from 28 January to 15 February.
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