Ivar GeelmuydenIvar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician. He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden.[1] He was the uncle of Marie Geelmuyden, first Norwegian woman to receive a degree in science.[2] He enrolled as a student in 1837 and graduated as cand.mag. in 1837. He worked as a teacher in Christiania before moving to Fredrikshald in 1852.[1] While living here he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, representing the constituency of Fredrikshald.[3] In 1862 he was hired as a school principal in Bergen.[1] He was elected from his city to the Norwegian Parliament in 1865, 1868, 1871 and 1874.[3] He served as mayor of Bergen from 1867 to 1868 and 1873 to 1875.[4] He died in 1875.[1] References
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