Ivar Bergersen Sælen

Ivar Bergersen Sælen
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office 6 March 1923 – 24 November 1923
Prime Minister	Otto B. Halvorsen Abraham Berge
Preceded by	Martin Olsen Nalum
Succeeded by	Karl Sanne
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1901 – 31 December 1906
Constituency	Søndre Bergenshus[1]
Personal details
Born	(1855-11-19)19 November 1855 Lindås, Hordaland, Sweden-Norway
Died	24 November 1923(1923-11-24) (aged 68) Kristiania, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Anna Løvås[2]

Ivar Bergersen Sælen (19 November 1855 – 24 November 1923) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from March 1923 until his death in November the same year.

Biography

Sælen was born at Åsgard in Lindås, where his father was a farmer and builder. In 1863, the family moved to the farm Sælen in the Fyllingsdalen in Fana. He attended Sogndal Folk High School before becoming a farmer at Sælen in 1877.

He was the mayor of Fana from 1908–1910 and again from 1914–1916. He was elected to the Storting from Søndre Bergenhus county for the 1901–1906 term and met as deputy representative for Wollert Konow from Midthordland in Søndre Bergenhus county from 1910–1912. Sælen then served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 6 March 1923 until his death on 24 November the same year.

In 1979, a bust of Sælen by Nils Aas, was erected in Fyllingsdalen.

References

1. "Ivar Bergersen Sælen" (in Norwegian). Norsk senter for forskningsdata (NSD). 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. "Places in the valley #5 - Ivar B. Sælen" (in Norwegian). folk.uio.no. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2020.