Ole Konrad Ribsskog (8 December 1865 – 26 January 1941) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour and the Social Democratic Labour parties. He was born in

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as a son of farmers Johannes Olsen Ribsskog (1838–1910) and Marta Marie Ribsskog, née Høstland (1847–1901). He was an older brother of Adolf Ribsskog, headmaster and mayor of

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, and Bernhof Ribsskog, educator and social democratic politician. He was elected to the

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from the constituency Baklandet in 1913, and served one term. On the local level he was elected to

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city council in 1907. From 1917 to 1919 he was

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.Mayors of Trondheim
He also chaired the local party chapter. From 1921 to 1927 he was a member of the Social Democratic Labour Party. Outside politics he worked as a school teacher. He had studied in

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and

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, worked as teacher in Flatanger,

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, and

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before moving to Trondhjem in 1893. From 1911 he was headmaster at Trondhjem public school. He died in January 1941 when hit by a

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1865 births 1941 deaths People from Flatanger Heads of schools in Norway Mayors of Trondheim Labour Party (Norway) politicians Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway politicians Railway accident deaths in Norway Members of the Storting 1913–1915 {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub