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Johannes Olaf Bergersen
Johannes Olav Bergersen (24 June 1874 – 19 April 1936) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour and Social Democratic Labour Party (Norway), Social Democratic Labour parties. He was born in Glemmen, Glemminge. He started his working career already at age 7, when he became a herder. He moved to Borge, Østfold at the age of 12 and was employed at Fredrikstad Dampsag og Høvleri until 1907. Bergersen was a board member of the Norwegian Union of General Workers from 1908 to 1912, and of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1912. After he was able to leave his job as a sawmill worker in 1907, he was employed as a travelling agitator for four years. From 1911 to 1917 he worked as managing director of the sickness fund in Borge and a liaison for Rikstrygdeverket. He was an auditor from 1918 to his death. He served as a member of Borge municipal council (Norway), municipal council from 1904 to 1928, including a period as depu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Bergersen
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John (name), John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes (given name), Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name ''Johanan (name), Yehochanan'', meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany because of Christianity. Common German variants for Johannes are ''Johann'', ''Hannes'', ''Hans (name), Hans'' (diminutized to ''Hänschen'' or ''Hänsel'', as known from "''Hansel and Gretel''", a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Grimm brothers), ''Jens (given name), Jens'' (from Danish) and ''Jan (name), Jan'' (from Dutch, and found in many countries). In the Netherlands, Johannes was without interruption the most common masculine birth name until 1989. The English equivalent for Johannes is John (given name), John. In other languages *Joan, Jan, Gjon, Gjin and Gjovalin in Albanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
