Martin Julius Halvorsen, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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About Martin Julius Halvorsen
- Martin Julius Halvorsen (4 November 1867 – 7 March 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. Born in Kristiania, he took an education as a book printer.
- Having founded his own printing press in 1897, he moved it from Kristiania to rural Jessheim in 1902.
- Here, he founded the newspaper Akershusingen, renamed to Romerikes Blad in 1904.
- He was the editor-in-chief of this newspaper for some time.
- The newspaper still exists, and has a circulation of about 38,000.
- Halvorsen also edited Akershus Social-Demokrat from 1916 to 1917.While living in Kristiania, he was a member of the city council from 1896 to 1901.
- He was then a member of Ullensaker municipal council from 1904 to 1937, serving as deputy mayor from 1916 to 1919 and mayor from 1934 to 1937.
- Halvorsen also served one term, from 1913 to 1915, in the Parliament of Norway, representing the rural constituency of Mellem Romerike, and finally, was a deputy for Harald Halvorsen.He was a member of the board of the Labour Party chapter in Akershus from 1905.
- From 1908 to 1912 he was chairman of the county chapter.
- Between 1921 and 1927, when the Labour Party suffered a split, Halvorsen was a member of the Social Democratic Labour Party.
- However, as the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Labour Party reconciled in 1927, he rejoined Labour and sat on the county board for a second period, from 1927 to 1937.
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