Lorents Mørkved

Lorents Mørkved (16 March 1844 – 7 February 1924) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.

Personal life

He was born at Mørkved in Høilandet Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He was a son of farmers Anders Lorentsen Mørkved and Johanne Olsdatter.[1]

Together with Sofie Aavatsmark (1850–1935),[2] a sister of Ivar Aavatsmark,[3] he had the son Salamon Mørkved.[2] Their daughter Marie married politician Albert Fredrik Eggen, and their daughter in turn married Otto Øgrim.[4] Through another of Lorents' sons, Knut, he was the grandfather of diplomat Knut Mørkved.[5]

Career

Mørkved spent his entire career at the family farm. He was a member of the municipal council for Høilandet Municipality for thirty years, serving twelve years as deputy mayor and sixteen years as mayor.[1] In 1906 he stood for parliamentary election in the constituency Snaasen, challenged by no less than three other candidates from his own party; incumbent Hans Konrad Foosnæs, his brother-in-law Ivar Aavatsmark and Ole Olsen Five. Mørkved ended fourth in the first round with only 134 votes, and fifth in the second round with only one vote.[6] He later became Aavatsmark's running mate and served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1910–1912, 1913–1915 and 1916–1918. In 1910 he filled in for Aavatsmark and met in session as a member of the Standing Committee on the Military.[1][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lorents Mørkved" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Mørkved, Salamon". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 402. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Ivar Aavatsmark" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ^ Grøn, Øyvind. "Otto Øgrim". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  5. ^ Fiskum, Jon Åge (20 November 2017). "Minneord". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 49. Stortingsvalget 1906" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  7. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 128. Stortingsvalget 1909" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  8. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 189. Stortingsvalget 1912" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  9. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.


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