Martin Olsen Nalum

Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum (13 May 1854 – 19 January 1935) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party. He held three different government minister posts, served as mayor and was a six-term member of Parliament.

Martin Olsen Nalum
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office 22 June 1921 – 6 March 1923
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr
Preceded by	Nils R. Jensen
Succeeded by	Ivar B. Sælen
Minister of Agriculture
In office 22 June 1921 – 26 July 1921
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr
Preceded by	Gunder A. Jahren
Succeeded by	Håkon Five
Minister of Labour
In office 26 July 1916 – 10 May 1920
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by	Andreas Urbye
Succeeded by	Ole M. Mjelde
President of the Storting
In office 1 January 1916 – 26 July 1916 Serving with Ivar P. Tveiten and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by	Søren Årstad Jørgen Løvland Gunnar Knudsen
Succeeded by	Otto B. Halvorsen Gunnar Knudsen Anders Buen Ivar P. Tveiten Ivar Lykke
Mayor of Brunlanes
In office 1 January 1892 – 1 January 1916
Preceded by	Ole Torgersen Bakkene
Succeeded by	Nils S. Waale
Personal details
Born	Fredrik Anton Martin Olsen Nalum (1854-05-13)13 May 1854 Brunlanes, Vestfold, Sweden-Norway
Died	19 January 1935(1935-01-19) (aged 80) Hedrum, Vestfold, Norway
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Anne Marie Olsdatter Eidsten ​ ​ (m. 1877)​
Children	6

He was born at Tanum in Brunlanes as a son of farmer Peder Martin Olsen Aaros (1817–1859) and Anne Olea Olsen Falkenberg (1816–1967). He attended school in the city Larvik, graduated from Asker Seminary in 1872 and returned to Brunlanes as a school teacher from 1872 to 1909. He was also a farmer, having bought the farm Nalum in 1881 and later the farm Foldvik.[1] He quit as a farmer in 1926, and his son bought the farmland in 1928.[2]

He was a member of Brunlanes municipal council from 1883 to 1916, serving as mayor since 1892. He was an elector from 1883 to 1903, before entering election himself. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Brunla in 1906, and was re-elected in 1909, 1912, 1915, 1918 and 1921.[1][2] He served as President of the Storting during his fourth term,[3] and also President of the Odelsting from 1920 to 1921.[2]

From 1916 to 1920 he was the Minister of Labour in Knudsen's Second Cabinet. He was involved in transport politics in Parliament, and was also a board member of the Norwegian State Railways from 1910 to 1922 and supervisory commission member of the Jarlsberg Line from 1903 to 1911. Being a teacher, he was also involved in education politics, and was a member of the municipal and county school boards. In Blehr's Second Cabinet which served from 1921 to 1923 he was named as Minister of Education and Church Affairs,[1][2] and also served as Minister of Agriculture from June to July 1921.[4]

After retiring he lived at the family farm. He died in Nanset, Hedrum in 1935. He was buried in Tanum, and a memorial stone was raised there in November 1939.[1][2]