Ivar Geelmuyden

Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician.

Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden

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
  1. Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
  2. Ebbell, Clara Thue (1907). Kvindelige studenters jubilaeumsskrift 1882-1907 (in Danish). S. M. Bryde. p. 19.
  3. Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  4. "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13.


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